Mystical strategies and performative discourse in the 'Theologia Mystica' of Teresa of Avila : a Wittgensteinian analysis

Mystical strategies and performative discourse in the 'Theologia Mystica' of Teresa of Avila : a Wittgensteinian analysis

The thesis argues that a Wittgensteinian approach to the 'mystical' writings of a 'mystical theologian' such as Teresa of Avila reveals that rather than exhibiting an ontological mysticism these writings are better understood as enacting what are termed 'mystical strategies&...

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Main Author: Tyler, Peter Mark
Published: Durham University 2009
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.491777
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Mystical strategies and performative discourse in the 'Theologia Mystica' of Teresa of Avila : a Wittgensteinian analysis
description The thesis argues that a Wittgensteinian approach to the 'mystical' writings of a 'mystical theologian' such as Teresa of Avila reveals that rather than exhibiting an ontological mysticism these writings are better understood as enacting what are termed 'mystical strategies' or 'performative discourse'. The notion that both Wittgenstein and Teresa employ what are termed 'therapeutic or transformational strategies' to effect change in their readers is central to its argument. In this respect the thesis concludes that their writing is fundamentally transformational in character.
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title Mystical strategies and performative discourse in the 'Theologia Mystica' of Teresa of Avila : a Wittgensteinian analysis
title_short Mystical strategies and performative discourse in the 'Theologia Mystica' of Teresa of Avila : a Wittgensteinian analysis
title_full Mystical strategies and performative discourse in the 'Theologia Mystica' of Teresa of Avila : a Wittgensteinian analysis
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title_full_unstemmed Mystical strategies and performative discourse in the 'Theologia Mystica' of Teresa of Avila : a Wittgensteinian analysis
title_sort mystical strategies and performative discourse in the 'theologia mystica' of teresa of avila : a wittgensteinian analysis
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