Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- Studying Concepts of Person: General Introduction -- PART I: THEORETICAL CONTRIBUTIONS -- Introduction -- Some Remarks on the Concept of Person in Western Philosophy -- A Few Critical Remarks on the Concept of Person -- The Concept of Person in American Anthropology: The Cultural Perspective of Clifford Geertz -- The Concept of Person: Some Heuristical Notes -- Religious Traditions and the Human Person -- PART II: ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN CONCEPTS OF PERSON -- Introduction -- Some Remarks on the Concept 'Person' in the Ancient Egyptian Culture -- Name and Person in Ancient Judaism and Christianity -- The Image of the Philosopher in Late Antiquity and in Early Christianity -- The Saint as Symbol: Conceptions of the Person in Late Antiquity and Early Christianity -- Fear of Death -- PART III: NON-WESTERN CONCEPTS OF PERSON -- Introduction -- Towards Contemporary Islamic Concepts of the Person -- Can You Marry a Djinni? An Aspect of the Djinn as Persons -- Some Reflections on the Concept of Person in Ancient Indian Texts -- An Indian Image of Man: An Inquiry into a Change of Perspective in the Hindu World-view -- Hopi Hermeneutics: Ritual Person Among the Hopi Indians of Arizona -- Ego-Awareness and the Person in the West African World View -- PART IV: SPECIAL ISSUES -- Persona Non Grata: The Case of Zwarte Piet -- Extraterrestrial Persons -- General Bibliography -- About the Authors -- Index

restricted access online access with authorization star

http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Feb 2023)