Psychosocial identity (re)presentation in the daily life (Theatrum Mundi)

María De La Villa Moral Jiménez

doi:10.5565/rev/athenea.633

Abstract

The present Ph.D. dissertation focuses on the anthropological roots involved in the Hispanic female mystic spiritualism of the Sixteenth-Century. Through Teresa of Avila’s writings, I analyze some mystic and spiritual meanings concerning the experiences of her body and her soul. Teresa of Avila worked in a spiritual path as a way for constructing a proper self. I inquire into the role that her relationship with a transcendental being played in the construction of herself. I also explored Teresa of Avila’s spiritual administration of the reformed Carmelite monastic order, concerning the body and soul training of her community’s nuns. In her recommendations and explicit explanations we can find rich material which helps us to understand some categorizations and practices that shaped a certain modern self.

Highlights

En esta tesis se investiga la antropología que subyace The present Ph.D. dissertation focuses on the a la espiritualidad mística femenina de mediados del anthropological roots involved in the Hispanic female siglo XVI castellano, de la mano de Teresa de Ávila, mystic spiritualism of the Sixteenth-Century
Ella construyó una Teresa of Avila’s writings, I analyze some mystic and forma espiritual de vivirse que le permitió encuadrar sus spiritual meanings concerning the experiences of her experiencias a partir de tradiciones teológicas, como la body and her soul
Teresa of Avila worked in a spiritual mística, y de otros saberes como la filosofía natural y la path as a way for constructing a proper self

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Introduction

En esta tesis se investiga la antropología que subyace The present Ph.D. dissertation focuses on the a la espiritualidad mística femenina de mediados del anthropological roots involved in the Hispanic female siglo XVI castellano, de la mano de Teresa de Ávila, mystic spiritualism of the Sixteenth-Century. La racionalització de les seves vivències està enquadrada tant en la filosofia cristiana, y dins d’ella la seva tradició mística, com per altres sabers de la època que marcaven les explicacions que un/a es podia fer de sí mateix/a, com són la filosofia natural i la medicina del seu temps.

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