02363nam 22006013 450 991080568580332120231214084507.03-8394-6532-X10.1515/9783839465325(CKB)29277128300041(MiAaPQ)EBC7374610(Au-PeEL)EBL7374610(DE-B1597)641199(DE-B1597)9783839465325(EXLCZ)992927712830004120231214d2023 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Discovery of Anxiousness Philosophy and Mysticism in Baroque Portugal1st ed.Bielefeld :transcript,2023.©2023.1 online resource (277 pages)Studien der Kulturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft9783837665321 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.Studien der Kulturwissenschaftlichen GesellschaftSOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender StudiesbisacshCatholicism.Cultural History.Cultural Studies.Gender Studies.Gender.History of Religion.Mysticism.Portugal.Religion.Religious Studies.Romance Studies.Teresa of Avila.SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies.Serrado Joana1461866Technische Universittät Chemnitzfndhttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fndMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910805685803321The Discovery of Anxiousness3670701UNINA