Dear colleagues,
It is my pleasure to announce the release of my latest book (31st of March, 2025), which might be of interest to some on this list, in particular to list-lovers.
Metaphysics as Therapy
List-Making and Renunciation in Gnostic Yogas
This book examines the significance of metaphysical list-making as a determining feature of ‘spiritual exercises’ in South Asian gnostic yogas. It examines how these ancient traditions sought spiritual transformation through the dialectical practice of taxonomy.
It highlights the gnostic thread that intersects ‘spiritual exercises’ and ‘ways of life’ in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jaina circles. It fills a gap in yoga studies by proposing a new understanding of jñāna-yoga (yoga of knowledge). Departing from mainstream Anglophone
philosophical traditions, it articulates an original meta-theory of philosophical practice, explaining how philosophy can be 'therapeutic' in concrete terms. The book theorizes yogic Gnosticism, as a South Asian religious undercurrent and as a distinctive
form of philosophical practice and ascetic way of life internalizing a sacrificial worldview. Finally, the book analyzes four literary case studies, presenting therapeutic methods in competing gnostic traditions, namely, the "Verses on Sāṃkhya" of Īśvarakṛṣṇa;
the "Advaita Instructions on the Doctrine" of Gauḍapāda; the Buddhist "Heart Sūtra;" and the "Twelve Contemplations" of the Jaina Kundakunda. The groundbreaking multidisciplinary and trans-sectarian book offers a must-read for scholars across the fields of
world philosophy and religious studies.
For more information, you may visit my Academia page:
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This book examines the significance of metaphysical list-making as a determining feature of spiritual exercises in South Asian gnostic yogas
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Cordially,
Dr. Karl-Stéphan Bouthillette
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy (DoP)
Coordinator of the Centre for Therapeutic Philosophy (CTP)
Manipal Institute of Social Sciences Humanities and Arts (MISSHA),
Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE)
Old WGSHA building, FIVV compound
SH 65 Udupi-Hebri road, opp to KH,
Madhav Nagar, Manipal 576104
Udupi, Karnataka, India
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