The Discovery of Anxiousness
| Author | : Joana Serrado |
| Publisher | : transcript Verlag |
| Total Pages | : 277 |
| Release | : 2023-12-31 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9783839465325 |
| ISBN-13 | : 383946532X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (32X Downloads) |
Download or read book The Discovery of Anxiousness written by Joana Serrado and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2023-12-31 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
