The Discovery of Anxiousness : Philosophy and Mysticism in Baroque Portugal

• Autore: Serrado Joana
• Pubblicazione: Bielefeld : , : transcript, , 2023; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (277 pages)
• Soggetto topico: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
• Soggetto non controllato: Catholicism; Cultural History; Cultural Studies; Gender Studies; Gender; History of Religion; Mysticism; Portugal; Religion; Religious Studies; Romance Studies; Teresa of Avila
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Discovery of Anxiousness
• ISBN: 3-8394-6532-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910805685803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studien der Kulturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft