Jouissance as Ananda

Indian Philosophy, Feminist Theory, and Literature

Ashmita Khasnabish (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

254 Seiten

2006
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-1673-9 (ISBN)

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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 begins with a critique of Western psychoanalysis, engaging French feminist philosopher Luce Irigaray's concept of jouissance to highlight shortcomings in the work of Freud and Lacan. Khasnabish then seeks to expand the idea of jouissance by comparing it with the Indian concept of ananda. The highly theoretical analysis of philosophical and psychoanalytic terms is combined with an examination of colonial and postcolonial literature. A thoughtful and immensely creative approach to psychoanalytic theory, Jouissance as Ananda will be of interest to readers from a variety of cultures and disciplines.

Ashmita Khasnabish received a Ph.D in English Literature from Bowling Green State University and has taught at Algonquin College, Bentley College and Quincy College. She is currently a visiting scholar at Brown University Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, and teaches at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.

Chapter 1 Jouissance as Ananda (Bliss)
Chapter 2 Radha's Jouissance
Chapter 3 Body in Transcendence: Jouissance and Kali
Chapter 4 Women in the East and Women in the West
Chapter 5 The Ascent and the Descent: Irigaray and Brennan Through Indian Philosophy
Chapter 6 Jouissance and Ananda in Joyce
Chapter 7 Ego and its Transcendence in Tagore's The King of the Dark Chamber
Chapter 8 Is Jouissance Writing or Love?
Chapter 9 The Mistress of Spices: Love on the Spiritual and the Corporeal Planes

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.4.2006
Sprache	englisch
Maße	161 x 225 mm
Gewicht	381 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
ISBN-10	0-7391-1673-8 / 0739116738
ISBN-13	978-0-7391-1673-9 / 9780739116739
Zustand	Neuware