The Discovery of Anxiousness Philosophy and Mysticism in Baroque Portugal

The Discovery of Anxiousness Philosophy and Mysticism in Baroque Portugal

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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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Main Author: Serrado, Joana (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2024
Series:Studien der Kulturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft
Subjects:
Religion: general
History of religion
Gender studies, gender groups
Philosophy
Gender
Catholicism
Teresa of Avila
Portugal
Mysticism
Religion
Cultural History
Religious Studies
History of Religion
Gender Studies
Romance Studies
Cultural Studies
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (276 p.)
ISBN:9783839465325
9783837665321
Access:Open Access

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