Emotions in Indian Thought-Systems

Herausgeber: Bilimoria, Purushottama; Wenta, Aleksandra

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A stimulating account of the wide range of approaches towards conceptualising emotions in classical Indian philosophical-religious traditions, such as those of the Upanishads, Vaishnava Tantrism, Bhakti movement, Jainism, Buddhism, Yoga, Shaivism, and aesthetics, this volume analyses the definition and validity of emotions in the construction of identity and self-discovery.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge India
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 380g
• ISBN-13: 9780815373254
• ISBN-10: 0815373252
• Artikelnr.: 50292426

Autorenporträt

Purushottama Bilimoria is Visiting Professor, University of California at Berkeley, USA. Aleksandra Wenta is Postdoctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, India.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Emotions in Indian Thought-Systems: An Introduction Purushottama Bilimoria and Aleksandra Wenta Part 1: Tantrism 1. Passions and Emotions in the Indian Philosophical-Religious Traditions Raffaele Torella 2. Intensity of Emotions: A Way to Liberation in the Advaita
aiva
gamas and their Exegetes Bettina Sharada Bäumer 3. Between Fear and Heroism: The Tantric Path to Liberation Aleksandra Wenta Part 2: The Bhakti Movement 4. Principal Emotions Contributing to the Supreme Love of
iva: A Study of Early
aiva Hymnal Corpus T. Ganesan 5. Love Never Tasted Quite Like This Before:
g
ra-rasa in the Light of Two Texts from a Sahajiy
Vai
ava Notebook Neal Delmonico and Aditi Nath Sarkar Part 3: Buddhism, P
tañjala Yoga and
aiva Siddh
nta 6. The Buddhist Psychology of Emotions Varun Kumar Tripathi 7. Between Impetus, Fear, and Disgust: 'Desire for Emancipation' (Sävega) from Early Buddhism to P
tañjala Yoga and
aiva Siddh
nta Andrea Acri Part 4: Aesthetics 8. Moha K
la: Aporia of Emotion in Indian Reflective Traditions Venkat D. Rao 9. Aesthetics of Despair Sharad Deshpande