Jouissance as Ananda

Jouissance as Ananda
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Publisher : Lexington Books
Total Pages : 258
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ISBN-10 : 0739116738
ISBN-13 : 9780739116739
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Book Synopsis Jouissance as Ananda by : Ashmita Khasnabish

Download or read book Jouissance as Ananda written by Ashmita Khasnabish and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2006-04-10 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jouissance as Ananda seeks to resolve the often-problematic Western concept of the ego by proposing a cross-cultural theory of consciousness that draws on Indian philosophy. Author Ashmita Khasnabish uses the Indian concept of ananda to advance Irigaray's theory of jouissance and offers a re-reading of jouissance from an Indian cross-cultural psychoanalytic point of view.


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