Jay Johnston

Angels of Desire (eBook, ePUB)

Esoteric Bodies, Aesthetics and Ethics

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Examines the subtle body - a model of subjectivity found in esoteric, eastern and western religious and philosophical traditions - from a transdisciplinary and cross-cultural perspective. This book considers this radical form of self as enabling an innovative reconsideration of the dualisms at the heart of western discourse.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134937950
• Artikelnr.: 44875379

Autorenporträt

Jay Johnston is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Studies in Religion at the University of Sydney, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Section I: Subjectivity Chapter 1: Subtle Bodies Chapter 2:
Difference Chapter 3: Subtle Subjects of Desire Section II: Aesthetics
Chapter 4: "Seering" Desire: The Between Chapter 5: Inhabiting Sight
Chapter 6: Duree: the Aesthetics of Desire-Time Section III: Ethics Chapter
7: An Ethics of Emptiness Chapter 8: Witnessing: Detached Immersion Chapter
9: An Ethics of Grace: The Law of Desiring Angels Conclusion: The Angelic
Ternary