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Jouissance as Ananda : Indian Philosophy, Feminist Theory, and Literature.
Jouissance as Ananda seeks to resolve the often-problematic Western concept of the ego by proposing a cross-cultural theory of consciousness that draws on Indian philosophy. Author Ashmita Khasnabish uses the Indian concept of ananda to advance Irigaray's theory of jouissance and offers a re-re...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; PART I: THEORY; 1 Jouissance as Ānanda (Bliss); 2 Rādhā's Jouissance; 3 Body in Transcendance: Jouissance and Kali; 4 Women in the East and Women in the West; 5 The Ascent and Descent: Irigaray and Brennan through Indian Philosophy; PART II: LITERATURE; 6 Jouissance and Ānanda in Joyce; 7 Ego and Its Transcendance in Tagore's The King of the Dark Chamber; 8 Is Jouissance Writing or Love?; 9 Love on the Spiritual and the Corporeal Planes in The Mistress of Spices; Bibliography; Index; About the Author