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Jouissance as Ananda - Ashmita Khasnabish

Jouissance as Ananda

Indian Philosophy, Feminist Theory, and Literature
Buch | Softcover
254 Seiten
2006
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-1673-9 (ISBN)
CHF 73,30 inkl. MwSt
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

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