Producing intersubjectivity in silence: An ethnographic study of meditation practice

Ethnography

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 309-328

  Pagis, Michal ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Intersubjectivity; Meditation; Phenomenology; Silence; Subjective experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954004094     PISSN: 14661381     EISSN: 17412714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1466138109339041     Document Type: Article

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