Emotions in Indian Thought-Systems

Purushottama Bilimoria, Aleksandra Wenta (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

300 Seiten

2015
Routledge India (Verlag)
978-1-138-85935-7 (ISBN)

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A stimulating account of the wide range of approaches towards conceptualising emotions in classical Indian philosophical–religious traditions, such as those of the Upanishads, Vaishnava Tantrism, Bhakti movement, Jainism, Buddhism, Yoga, Shaivism, and aesthetics, this volume analyses the definition and validity of emotions in the construction of identity and self-discovery.

Purushottama Bilimoria is Visiting Professor, University of California at Berkeley, USA. Aleksandra Wenta is Postdoctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, India.

Preface. Emotions in Indian Thought-Systems: An Introduction Purushottama Bilimoria and Aleksandra Wenta Part 1: Tantrism 1. Passions and Emotions in the Indian Philosophical-Religious Traditions Raffaele Torella 2. Intensity of Emotions: A Way to Liberation in the Advaita Śaiva Āgamas and their Exegetes Bettina Sharada Bäumer 3. Between Fear and Heroism: The Tantric Path to Liberation Aleksandra Wenta Part 2: The Bhakti Movement 4. Principal Emotions Contributing to the Supreme Love of Śiva: A Study of Early Śaiva Hymnal Corpus T. Ganesan 5. Love Never Tasted Quite Like This Before: Śṛṅgāra-rasa in the Light of Two Texts from a Sahajiyā Vaiṣṇava Notebook Neal Delmonico and Aditi Nath Sarkar Part 3: Buddhism, Pātañjala Yoga and Śaiva Siddhānta 6. The Buddhist Psychology of Emotions Varun Kumar Tripathi 7. Between Impetus, Fear, and Disgust: ‘Desire for Emancipation’ (Saṃvega) from Early Buddhism to Pātañjala Yoga and Śaiva Siddhānta Andrea Acri Part 4: Aesthetics 8. Moha Kāla: Aporia of Emotion in Indian Reflective Traditions Venkat D. Rao 9. Aesthetics of Despair Sharad Deshpande

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.4.2015
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	720 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-138-85935-4 / 1138859354
ISBN-13	978-1-138-85935-7 / 9781138859357
Zustand	Neuware