Abjection and abandonment : melancholy in philosophy and art / Saitya Brata Das, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Das, Saitya Brata, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Melancholy (Philosophy).

Melancholy in art.

Physical Description:

xii, 130 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

[Singapore] : Springer, [2019]

Summary:

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. 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. All the contributions are trans-disciplinary in nature and will broaden readers understanding of various issues stemming from the question of melancholy. This book will be an indispensable read for scholars, researchers and practitioners in psychology, psychoanalysis, philosophy and related fields.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Melancholy Philosophy: Praxis-Politics-Phronesis and the Slaves 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 Celans '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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Abjection and abandonment.

ISBN:

9811510288

9789811510281

OCLC:

1120692009