Horizontes imaginativos e o aquém e além

Authors

  • Vincent Crapanzano University of New York; Graduate Center

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-77012005000100009

Keywords:

Anthropology of the imagination, imaginative horizons, liminality, experience, Victor Turner

Abstract

In this paper, the author develops the notions of imaginative horizons as well as of betwixt and between, liminality and crossing; grounded on them, he propounds an anthropology of the imagination. Despite considering fuzziness, shadowiness as a necessary component of all experience, thought and perception, he focuses on ignored dimensions of reality. Examining the interstitial spaces and times (ma) in traditional Japanese aesthetics or the notion of barzakh in Sufi mysticism, the author stresses different conceptions of the between. Finally, through a rereading of Victor Turner's theorization of the liminal, he calls in question our presuppositions about the nature of relations.

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Published

2005-01-01

Issue

Vol. 48 No. 1 (2005)

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How to Cite

Crapanzano, V. (2005). Horizontes imaginativos e o aquém e além . Revista De Antropologia, 48(1), 363-384. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-77012005000100009