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The Discovery of Anxiousness: Philosophy and Mysticism in Baroque Portugal
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Abstract 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 ... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
philosophy; gender; gender; Catholicism; Portugal; religion; cultural history; gender studies; history of religion; religious science; mysticism
Classification
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Philosophy, Ethics, Religion
Free Keywords
Teresa of Avila; Romance Studies; Cultural Studies
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
274 p.
Series
Studien der Kulturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft, 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839465325
ISSN
2749-8069
ISBN
978-3-8394-6532-5
Status
Published Version; reviewed