The Discovery of Anxiousness Philosophy and Mysticism in Baroque Portugal

Are anxiety or dread negative stages before freedom, a confrontation with humans' own mortality and finitude? Joana Serrado inaugurates anxiousness as a category of mystical knowledge in this innovative historical and philosophical study. Based on the life and mystical writings of Joana de Jesu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Serrado, Joana (-)
Autor Corporativo: Technische Universittät Chemnitz funder (funder)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : transcript 2023.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Studien der Kulturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft
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Sumario:Are anxiety or dread negative stages before freedom, a confrontation with humans' own mortality and finitude? Joana Serrado inaugurates anxiousness as a category of mystical knowledge in this innovative historical and philosophical study. Based on the life and mystical writings of Joana de Jesus, a Cistercian nun, intellectual disciple of Teresa of Avila, this study shows the cultural embeddedness of anxiousness: a feeling akin to the Portuguese term »saudade« (yearning, Sehnsucht). A mystical project that reshapes feminist principles of autonomy, agency and desire.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (277 pages)
ISBN:9783839465325