Sensible Ecstasy : Mysticism, Sexual Difference, and the Demands of History /

Sensible Ecstasy investigates the attraction to excessive forms of mysticism among twentieth-century French intellectuals and demonstrates the work that the figure of the mystic does for these thinkers. With special attention to Georges Bataille, Simone de Beauvoir, Jacques Lacan, and Luce Irigaray,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hollywood, Amy (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2010]
Colección:Religion and Postmodernism
Temas:
RELIGION / General.
mysticism, mystic, sex, sexual, sexuality, history, historical, religion, religious, 20th century, french, france, luce irigaray, jacques lacan, simone de beauvoir, georges bataille, psychology, psychological, philosophy, philosophical, psychoanalysis, trauma, catastrophe, feminism, gender, belief, communication, metaphysics, intellectuals, intellectualism, emotion, contemplation, teresa of avila, hadewijch, subjectivity, body.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Georges Bataille, Mystique
  • 2. (En)gendering Mysticism
  • 3. Feminism, Mysticism, and Belief
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index

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