Creative and destructive potential of ascetical practice

Созидательный и разрушительный потенциал аскетической практики

Bogdanova, Veronika (Богданова, Вероника) ()
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Bogdanova, Veronika (Богданова, Вероника): South-Ural State Humanitarian and Pedagogical University

Sotsium i vlast / Society and power, 2018, 107-112

Abstract: The article unleashes the creative and destructive potential of ascetical practice. On the one hand, ascesis is the practice of taking care of yourself which is aimed at searching internal harmony through getting rid of mass social prejudices impact. On the other hand, it may result in escapism, escaping from solving real problems of human existence. In this case ascetism prevents a person from selfcognition and results in a wrongheaded view of yourself, slows down spiritual growth (acquisition of spiritual maturity).

Keywords: ascetical practice; taking care of yourself; existence; mental masochism; escapism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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