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-reading of jouissance from an Indian cross-cultural psychoanalytic point of view.

List of contents

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

About the author

Paget Henry is Professor of Africana Studies and Sociology at Brown University. His books include Caliban's Reason (2000).

Product details

• Authors: Ashmita Khasnabish, Khasnabish Ashmita
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2006
• EAN: 9780739116739
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-1673-9
• No. of pages: 239
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Personality, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, The self, ego, identity, personality, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy