The practice of wisdom
"Four renowned professors -- a physician, a theologian, an anthropologist, and a historian -- offer a master class on living in uncertain times. Affirming that wisdom is not a destination but a way of being, the authors follow the paths by which diverse people have met illness, upheaval, and moral t...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
2026.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction. Quests for Wisdom in Perilous Times / Arthur Kleinman, Stephanie Paulsell, Michael Puett, and Davíd Carrasco
- Chapter One. Quests for Care / Arthur Kleinman
- Chapter Two. Solitude and the Quest for Wisdom / Stephanie Paulsell
- Chapter Three. Making and Unmaking the Self: Ritual, Perspectivism, and the Work of Care / Michael Puett
- Chapter Four. Performing the Quest for Wisdom / Davíd Carrasco
- Chapter Five. The Quest for Wisdom in Other Places: An Interview with Wendy Doniger / Wendy Doniger and Davíd Carrasco.
