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Jouissance As Ananda
Indian Philosophy, Feminist Theory, and Literature
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2006
Summary
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.
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Copyright year
2006
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-0467-5
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-5679-7
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
241
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Acknowledgments No access
Preface No access
1 Jouissance as Ānanda (Bliss) No access
2 Rādhā's Jouissance No access
3 Body in Transcendance: Jouissance and Kali No access
4 Women in the East and Women in the West No access
5 The Ascent and Descent: Irigaray and Brennan through Indian Philosophy No access
6 Jouissance and Ānanda in Joyce No access
7 Ego and Its Transcendance in Tagore's The King of the Dark Chamber No access
8 Is Jouissance Writing or Love? No access
9 Love on the Spiritual and the Corporeal Planes in The Mistress of Spices No access
