Abjection and Abandonment

Melancholy in Philosophy and Art

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Accordingly, this book revisits the fascinating question of how melancholy and creativity are linked in light of contemporary thought, and gathers studies from diverse disciplines, such as aesthetic theories, psychoanalysis, cultural theory, medical studies and sociological studies.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-02-20
Mått155 x 235 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor130
FörlagSpringer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN9789811510311

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Saitya Brata Das teaches philosophy and literature at the Centre for English Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. He is former Post-Doc Fellow at UFR Philosophie, Universite de Strasbourg (France) and Fellow at Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla (India). He is the author of The Political Theology of Schelling (Edinburgh University Press, 2016), And the World Should be Made a Desert (Aakar Books, 2016), The World to Come: Essays on Ethics and Politics (Aakar Books, 2015), Politics and Religion (Aakar Books, 2015).

Chapter 1. Melancholy Philosophy: Praxis-Politics-Phronesis and the Slave’s Know-How Anup Dhar.- Chapter 2. Reimagining the ‘Loss’ and Reinventing the Space: The Dialectics of European Melancholy Krishnan Unni P.- Chapter 3. Melancholy and the World: The Genesis of a Modern Concept Soumick Dey.- Chapter 4. Being, Melancholy Huzaifa Omair Siddiqi.- Chapter 5. Aporetic Melancholies: Reading Paul Celan’s ‘Melancholy Poems’ Sneha Chowdhury.- Chapter 6. ‘Living Leaves Traces’: Looking at Melancholy Through Sculptures Swarnika Ahuja.- Chapter 7. Domains of Private Melancholy: The Burden ofLanguage Priyanka Das.- Chapter 8. The Melancholic Name Saitya Brata Das.