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The Indian Renouncer and Postmodern Poison: A Cross-Cultural Encounter (New Perspectives in Philosophical Scholarship Series)
Author:
Carl Olson
ISBN:
9780820430225
Binding:
Hardcover
Year:
1997
Pages:
367
Size:
16 x 24 cm
Weight:
690 grams
Price:
INR
1890.00
About the Book
In his essay on the pharmacy of Plato, Jacques Derrida discusses the ambivalence associated with the notion of pharmakon (drug, medicine, or poison) and its ability to either cure or destroy. By allowing the Indian renouncer and selected postmodern thinkers to share the medicine of each party in a cross-cultural exchange of ideas, this work will attempt to cure one's understanding about the several roles played by the renouncer as a stranger, hero figure, androgynous being, and victim of self-sacrificial violence. The Indian Renouncer and Postmodern Poison includes a look at the possibility of the renouncer assuming the roles of a masochistic or narcissistic figure. By examining the renouncer's way of life and the variety of roles that he can play, this work demonstrates how the renouncer transforms himself into a symbol of difference. Throughout this study, the theoretical work of selected postmodern thinkers (e.g., Derrida, Kristeva, Levinas, Deleuze, Bataille, Blanchot, and Foucault) are used to raise new questions about the Indian renouncer.
About the Author
Carl Olson
Carl Olson is Professor of Religious Studies and Chair of the Department of Religion at Allegheny College, where he has also held the National Endowment for the Humanities Chair. In addition to numerous articles in professional journals, he has published the following works: The Mysterious Play of Kali: An Interpretive Study of Ramakrishna; The Theology and Philosophy of Eliade: A Search for the Centre; and The Book of the Goddess Past and Present: An Introduction to Her Religion.
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