Project description
A deeper understanding of ascetic practice
Asceticism is the practice of strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline. It is the voluntary abstention from physical goods or psychological desires for philosophical or religious reasons. The MSCALI project, funded under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, will draw together Western and Chinese theories and literatures to develop a comprehensive genealogy of asceticism. Specifically, the project will explore how this expanded understanding of ascetic practice can enhance contemporary therapeutic practices. It will explore the relationship between the idea of the ‘care of the self’ (proposed by 20th century thinker Michel Foucault) and an ethics of concern for the other, as developed in Chinese traditions.
Objective
This fellowship will draw together Western and Chinese theories and literatures to develop a truly comprehensive genealogy of asceticism, and will explore how this expanded understanding of ascetic practice can enhance contemporary therapeutic practices. It will examine the relationship between the idea of the “care of the self,” whose early Western genealogy was explored by 20th Century thinker Michel Foucault, and an ethics of concern for the other as developed in Chinese traditions, with a view to surmounting the solipsism that seems to plague Foucault’s ethics of transgression. This fellowship will be hosted by Royal Holloway University of London (RHUL) under the supervision of Prof. Nathan Widder.
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Programme(s)
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H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
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H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) H2020-MSCA-IF-2020
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