DOC Grassroots Charisma: Four Local Leaders in China (Routledge Studies on China in Transition) by Stephan Feuchtwang; Wang Mingming in History

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Naikan is a Japanese psychotherapeutic method which combines meditation-like body engagement with the recovery of memory and the reconstruction of one's autobiography in order to bring about healing and a changed notion of the self. Based on original anthropological fieldwork; this fascinating book provides a detailed ethnography of Naikan in practice. In addition; it discusses key issues such as the role of memory; autobiography and narrative in health care; and the interesting borderland between religion and therapy; where Naikan occupies an ambiguous position. Multidisciplinary in its approach; it will attract a wide readership; including students of social and cultural anthropology; medical sociology; religious studies; Japanese studies and psychotherapy.