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Martial Virtues (Hardcover with Jacket)

Lessons in Wisdom, Courage, and Compassion from the World's Greatest Warriors

Charles Hackney
Publisher:
Tuttle Publishing
ISBN:
9780804840231
Format:
Hardcover
Date Published:
1/10/2010
Number of Pages:
224
Length:
8
Width:
5.25
Weight:
13 oz
$24.95
Quantity:

Martial Virtues explores the place of the martial arts in the development of moral character. It focuses on the spiritual aspects of martial arts training, attempting to answer the question of what it means to be a good warrior.

In this groundbreaking analysis, Hackney draws from the psychological literature and from the lives and experiences of admirable warriors of fact and fiction. He analyzes how the virtues of ancient and modern warriors can be developed by practicing the martial arts. Using examples from the ancient Greeks to the samurai practitioners of Bushido, from Confucius all the way to Bruce Lee. Martial Virtues scrutinizes such qualities as courage, wisdom, justice and benevolence in turn, employing the lessons of modern psychology to understand how these virtues can be cultivated within ourselves and others.

Author Bio

Charles Hackney, Ph.D. has been a student of the martial arts since 1995, with a background that includes Hapkido, Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu and Fiore dei Liberi Armizare. He has a doctorate in psychology and is currently a psychology professor at Redeemer University College in Hamilton, Ontario.

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