Abjection and Abandonment : Melancholy in Philosophy and Art /

This book provides a thorough and insightful examination of melancholy in philosophy and art. Since the advent of "philosophy," the question of melancholy has been intimately connected with creativity. In addition, melancholy has taken on a new importance in contemporary discourses. Accord...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Das, Saitya Brata (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edition:	1st ed. 2019.
Subjects:	Aesthetics. Emotions. Psychoanalysis. Emotion. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

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 of Language Priyanka Das
Chapter 8. The Melancholic Name Saitya Brata Das.