Preface 1. A category of the human mind: the notion of person the notion of self Marcel Mauss (translated by W.D. Halls) 2. The category of the person: a reading of Mauss's last essay N. J. Allen 3. Categories, concepts or predicaments? Remarks on Mauss's use of philosophical terminology Steven Collins 4. Marcel Mauss and the quest for the person in Greek biography and autobiography A. Momigliano 5. A modified view of our origins: the Christian beginnings of modern individualism Louis Dumont 6. Person and individual: some anthropological reflections J. S. La Fontaine 7. Self: public, provate. Some African representations Godfrey Lienhardt 8. Between the earth and heaven: conceptions of the self in China Mark Elvin 9. Purity and power among the Brahmans of Kashmir Alexis Sanderson 10. Of masks and men Martin Hollis 11. An alternative social history of the self Michael Carrithers 12 The person Charles Taylor Conclusion Steven Lukes Bibliography Index.

The Category of the Person: Anthropology, Philosophy, History

Positive psychology has tended to be defined in terms of a concern with ‘positive’ psychological qualities and states. However, critics of the field have highlighted various problems inherent in classifying phenomena as either ‘positive’ or ‘negative.’ For instance, ostensibly positive qualities (e.g., optimism) can sometimes be detrimental to wellbeing, whereas apparently negative processes (like anxiety) may at times be conducive to it. As such, over recent years, a more nuanced ‘second wave’ of positive psychology has been germinating, which explores the philosophical and conceptual complexities of the very idea of the ‘positive.’ The current paper introduces this emergent second wave by examining the ways in which the field is developing a more subtle understanding of the ‘dialectical’ nature of flourishing (i.e., involving a complex and dynamic interplay of positive and negative experiences). The paper does so by problematizing the notions of positive and negative through seven case studies, including five salient dichotomies (such as optimism versus pessimism) and two complex processes (posttraumatic growth and love). These case studies serve to highlight the type of critical, dialectical thinking that characterises this second wave, thereby outlining the contours of the evolving field.

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Second Wave Positive Psychology: Exploring the Positive–Negative Dialectics of Wellbeing

The mysterious trace amines: protean neuromodulators of synaptic transmission in mammalian brain.

Despite the rapid spread of Buddhism, the historical origins of Buddhist thought and practice remain obscure. This ground breaking work describes the genesis of the Tantric movement in early medieval India. Drawing on primary documents, many translated for the first time, from Sanskrit, Pakrit, Tibetan, Bengali and Chinese, the author shows the many changes in medieval India society.

Indian Esoteric Buddhism: A Social History of the Tantric Movement

Introduction Morality and Mysticism: Parallel or Intersecting Lines? 1. Ontology, Alterity, and the Anthropological Other 2. Othering the Other: Eschatological Effacing of Ontological Boundaries 3. Beyond Good and Evil: Hypernomian Transmorality and Indeterminacy of the Limit 4. Suffering, Humility, and Transgressive Piety

Venturing Beyond: Law and Morality in Kabbalistic Mysticism

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James Collins

Papers

The World as Will and Representation

Textes inédits, d’après les manuscrits de la Bibliothèque provinciale de Hanovre

Kant’s ‘Opus Postumum’

Philosophy of Religion: A Book of Readings

A Quarter Century of American Philosophy