Foucault and the Kamasutra
Sanjay K. Gautam · 2016
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The 'Kamasutra' is best known in the West for its scandalous celebration of unbridled sensuality. Yet, there is much, much more to it; embedded in the text is a vision of the city founded on art and aesthetic pleasure. Sanjay K. Gautam lays out the nature and origin of this iconic Indian text and engages in a serious reading of its relationship with Foucault. Gautam shows how closely intertwined the history of erotics in Indian culture is with the history of theater-aesthetics grounded in the discourse of love, and Foucault provides the framework for opening up an intellectual horizon of Indian thought.
Book details
- Year
- 2016
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Editions
- 3
- Pages
- 282
- ISBN
- 9780226348308
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