Jouissance as Ānanda : Indian philosophy, feminist theory, and literature

Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Dedication 6 Contents 8 Acknowledgments 9 Preface 10 PART I: THEORY 14 1 Jouissance as Ānanda (Bliss) 16 2 Rādhā's Jouissance 32 3 Body in Transcendance: Jouissance and Kali 56 4 Women in the East and Women in the West 84 5 The Ascent and Descent: Irigaray and Brennan through Indian Philosophy 104 PART II: LITERATURE 130 6 Jouissance and Ānanda in Joyce 132 7 Ego and Its Transcendance in Tagore's The King of the Dark Chamber 158 8 Is Jouissance Writing or Love? 184 9 Love on the Spiritual and the Corporeal Planes in The Mistress of Spices 210 Bibliography 242 Index 248 About the Author 254