By Sanjay K. Gautam
Gautam exhibits how heavily intertwined the heritage of erotics in Indian tradition is with the heritage of theater-aesthetics grounded within the discourse of affection, and Foucault presents the framework for commencing up an highbrow horizon of Indian idea. to do that, Gautam appears to be like to the heritage of 3 inglorious characters in classical India: the courtesan and her closest male companions—her customer, the dandy consort; and her instructor and consultant, the dandy guru. Foucault’s contrast among erotic arts and the technology of sexuality drives Gautam’s exploration of the courtesan as a logo of either sexual-erotic and aesthetic excitement. in any case, by means of entwining jointly Foucault’s works at the heritage of sexuality within the West and the classical Indian texts on eros, Gautam transforms our knowing of either, at the same time he opens up new methods of investigating erotics, aesthetics, gender relatives, and subjectivity.
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