NEW BOOK> The Foresight of Dark Knowing: Chŏng Kam nok and Insurrectionary Prognostication in Pre-Modern Korea, Translated by John Jorgensen
The Foresight of Dark Knowing: Chŏng Kam nok and Insurrectionary Prognostication in Pre-Modern Korea, Translated by John Jorgensen
University of Hawai'i Press
520pp. June 2018
ISBN: 9780824875381
Detailed book information: http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-9961-9780824875381.aspx
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Call for panelist, Scientiae Conference
We seek a third presenter to join a panel on “Physiognomy and Natural Temperament in the Renaissance World” at the Scientiae conference in Minneapolis on May 16-19, 2018.
Re: Query: Jewish Sources on Physiognomy & explanation of physical deformity
To what has already been said (I too am a fan of Sander Gilman’s work), I would add the following. Assuming the colleague can read Hebrew, I would strongly recommend Lorberbaum’s book “Image of God,” for the historical-philosophical aspects of these questions.
