scholarly journals OPERA DIRECTOR ACHIM FREYER: FRAGMENTS ON METHOD

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-82
Author(s):  
Anna A. Sokolskaya
Keyword(s):  
Main Approach ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Don Giovanni ◽  
Ring Des Nibelungen ◽  
Opera Productions ◽  
The Way ◽  
Die Zauberflote

This article discusses the creative method of the German painter, set designer and operatic director Achim Freyer. The paper deals with structural and hermeneutic analysis of several scenographic and directorial techniques in his opera productions “Don Giovanni” and “Die Zauberflöte” by Mozart, “Parsifal” and the tetralogy “Der Ring des Nibelungen” by Wagner, “Freischütz” by Weber, “Ariodant” by Handel. It explores the questions of corporeality and representation of gender, the embodiment of the unconscious, the use of hyperboles and fragmentation, the citation of cultural signs and aesthetic codes of different genesis. Freyer’s creative method refers to Brecht’s theoretical views on theatre. In these productions the principle of gestus and idea of the dialectical spiral as a basis of drama are realized. The main approach of the article is the investigation of the stage metaphors in Freyer’s productions as the way to accentuate the concepts of the libretto.

Jung's Collective Unconscious, Integrative (Mind-Body-Spirit) Yoga, and Self-Realization

2019 ◽  
pp. 93-108
Author(s):  
Manoj Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Collective Unconscious ◽  
Human Consciousness ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Expanded Form ◽  
The Way

The collective unconscious is a construct presented by Jung to epitomize a depiction comprising of memories and impulses about which one is not aware and that is common to the entire humankind. An ancient system of mind-body-spirit practice, yoga, also implies the yoking of human consciousness to super-consciousness, which is an expanded form of the collective unconscious used by Jung. Super-consciousness is not only linked with the unconscious of the humankind but also to the entire nature or Universe all the way to the static primordial state in which there is no vibration and yet is the source of all creation. Yoga helps decipher this primordial state which is also called by some as self-realization. This chapter explicates the concept of the collective unconscious, the system of ancient yoga, a modern practical paradigm of kundalini energy yoga (KEY), and steps for self-realization to decipher and conclude this characterization.

The Coldest City

Cold War II ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 95-111
Author(s):  
Ian Scott
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Pop Culture ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
The Way

The chapter examines the way the Cold War has been historicized in the mode of films like Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Bridge of Spies but also how in other texts it has increasingly been filtered through the lens of nostalgic pop-culture referents. The locations are not simply backdrops but active signifiers, the characters less archetypes than reassembled studies in cinematic RPGs, the soundtracks no longer sombre diegesis but more a mix-tape of your favorite hit songs. This chapter, therefore, argues that, over the course of the 2010s, from Tinker Tailor to Atomic Blonde, art as the unconscious face of politics has never been more important. Reminiscence has thus shifted from a mode of nimble historical furnishings to one that contains a jumble of ideological contradictions designed to accentuate–and critique–the reassembled Cold War mentality of the Trump-Putin age.

Desire all the way down

2000 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROXANNE LYNN DOTY
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
First Principles ◽  
International Relations Theory ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ir Theory ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Metaphysical Foundation ◽  
The One ◽  
The Way

Alex Wendt's Social Theory of International Politics demonstrates perhaps more long and hard thought about social theory and its implications for international relations theory than most international relations scholars have dared to venture into. He admirably attempts to do in an explicit manner what most scholars in the discipline do only implicitly and often accidentally: suggest a social theory to serve as the foundation for theorizing about international relations. However, there are problems with his approach, a hint of which can be found in the epigraph he has chosen: ‘No science can be more secure than the unconscious metaphysics, which tacitly it presupposes’. Because metaphysics cannot ultimately be proven or disproved, it is inherently insecure. The insecurity and instability of the metaphysical presuppositions present in Social Theory are not difficult to find, and what Wendt ends up demonstrating, despite his objective not to, is the absence of any secure, stable, and unambiguous metaphysical foundation upon which IR theory could be firmly anchored. Indeed, what Social Theory does illustrate is that there is no such ultimate centre within the discipline except the powerful desire to maintain the illusion of first principles and the essential nature of things. If I may paraphrase Wendt, this is a ‘desire all the way down’ in that it permeates his relentless quest for the essence of international relations. Two goals characterize this desire: on the one hand, to take a critical stance toward more conventional international relations theory such as neorealism and neoliberalism; on the other, to maintain unity, stability, and order within the discipline. Social Theory oscillates between these two goals and in doing so deconstructs the very foundations it seeks to lay.

scholarly journals A TEMPORALIDADE NA ERA DA URGÊNCIA: CONSIDERAÇÕES SOBRE O TEMPO DO SUJEITO

polemica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 001-021
Author(s):  
Alice Vargas Vieira Mattos ◽  
Ligia Gama e Silva Furtado Mendonça
Keyword(s):  
Production System ◽  
Proper Time ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Logical Time ◽  
The Face ◽  
Current Production ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

Resumo: Este artigo se propõe a analisar a experiência da temporalidade nos dias atuais, a partir do impacto da urgência contemporânea que ocorre, principalmente, por meio dos imperativos de desempenho. Com isso, busca- se pontuar a maneira pela qual tal problemática reverbera no sujeito, hoje, e explora-se a importância de não atrelar o tempo do sujeito ao sistema de produção vigente. Inicialmente, serão discutidos os imperativos de produtividade e o consumismo para, assim, elaborar a concepção do tempo para a psicanálise, desenvolvendo o modo pelo qual ela concebe a temporalidade em seus diferentes aspectos, tais como a atemporalidade do inconsciente, o tempo próprio da pulsão e o tempo lógico. Com esse percurso, a relevância da experiência analítica hoje será investigada; questiona-se a possibilidade de adoecimento do sujeito diante desse tempo experienciado como pura pressa. Palavras-chave: Psicanálise. Temporalidade. Urgência.Abstract : This article proposes to analyze the experience of temporality nowadays from the impact of contemporary urgency, which occurs, mainly, from the imperatives of performance. With this, it seeks to point out the way in which this problem reverberates in the subject today, and explores the importance of not linking the subject's time to the current production system. Initially, the imperatives of productivity and consumerism will be discussed in order to elaborate the conception of time for psychoanalysis, developing the way in which it conceives temporality in its different aspects, such as the timelessness of the unconscious, the proper time of the drive and the logical time. With this path, the relevance of analytical experience today will be investigated, and the possibility of illness of the subject in the face of this time experienced as a pure haste is questioned. Keywords: Psychoanalysis. Temporality. Urgency. 

scholarly journals Is there an Ultraconscious beyond the Unconscious?

1970 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanley R. Dean
Keyword(s):  
Free Association ◽  
Pure Reason ◽  
Exact Science ◽  
Western Thought ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Material Wealth ◽  
Modern Psychiatry ◽  
Intense Light ◽  
The Way

The Ultraconscious (nirvana, satori, samedhi, ‘cosmic consciousness’, unto mystica, etc.) is a supra-sensory, supra-rational level of expanded consciousness which has been known since antiquity, yet has received little attention from modern psychiatry. Dr. Richard Bucke in his book Cosmic Consciousness listed the following phenomena at the ultimate peak of ultraconsciousness, regardless of the procedure by which it is achieved: 1) Awareness of intense light. 2) Emotions of supreme rapture and transcendental love. 3) Intellectual illumination and uncovering of latent genius. 4) Identification with creativity, infinity and immortality. 5) Absence of all physical and mental suffering. 6) De-emphasis of material wealth. 7) Enhancement of physical vigour and activity. 8) A sense of mission. 9) A charismatic change in personality. Freud, through his concepts of free association and the unconscious, dared to challenge the supremacy of pure reason and helped to free psychiatry from the grip of an ‘exact science’, thereby paving the way to greater rapprochement between Eastern and Western thought. Kelman believes that ultraconsciousness (kairos) can be recognized by the knowledgeable psychiatrist, can be encouraged in the patient and can be an important aid to psychotherapy, for kairos is probably latent in all of us.

Assange vs Zuckerberg: Symbolic Construction of Contemporary Cultural Heroes

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-51
Author(s):  
Antonio Blanco-Gracia
Keyword(s):  
Grand Narrative ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Critical Engagement ◽  
Sense Of Reality ◽  
Symbolic Construction ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Do So ◽  
The Way

Myth is a meta-language that shapes our cultures and the way we individually and collectively make sense of reality. This paper presents the methodologies of French anthropologist and sociologist Gilbert Durand as a way to unveil how ancient myths contribute to the symbolic construction of societal leaders in times of crisis. To do so, it analyses the controversy of the selection of Time magazine’s Person of the Year, which confronted the figures of Julien Assange and Mark Zuckerberg. The myth analysis of their Wikipedia biographies will show that despite the fact these two personalities are considered almost opposites, the structure of the collective shared narratives about each of them follow the structure of the myth of Hermes, one shaping the grand narrative of the postmodern era. Realizing why and how the myth of Hermes promotes our contemporary leaders, sometimes apparent antagonists, contributes to better understanding of the unconscious drives of their symbolic construction, and enabling critical engagement with the rationales of their emergence.

Biopolitics, Sexuality and the Unconscious

Paragraph ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alenka Zupančič
Keyword(s):  
Michel Foucault ◽  
History Of Sexuality ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Way

This article deals with the way in which Michel Foucault first introduced the notion of ‘biopolitics’ through the referential frame of sexuality and psychoanalysis. It focuses on the concept that is utterly and conspicuously missing from Foucault's account, in The History of Sexuality, of the psychoanalytic take on sexuality — namely, the unconscious. It argues that this omission has important and far-reaching consequences for the (Foucauldian) concept of biopolitics as such.

scholarly journals Pax Magna Sau Despre Simpatia Demon-Creator

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-16
Author(s):  
Ioana Jeler
Keyword(s):  
Human Soul ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Specific Process ◽  
The World ◽  
The Way

AbstractOne of the most representative theme in the works of Lucian Blaga is knowledge and the way it is reflected in the unconscious. He is known for the different meanings given to this knowledge, proposing a new path for the understanding of everything around us, starting from the inner of human soul to the world genesis. This paper will show this specific process of Blaga, in one poem „Pax Magna”.

scholarly journals De-framing the Indigenous Body. Ethnography, Landscape and Cultural Belonging in the Art of Pia Arke

Nordlit ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 279
Author(s):  
Kirsten Thisted
Keyword(s):  
Special Kind ◽  
Subject Position ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Main Approach ◽  
Cultural Belonging ◽  
The Way ◽  
Colonial Representations

The article presents the Greenlandic-Danish artist Pia Arke (1958-2007) and gives readings of various of her artworks, arguing that they attempt to negotiate a postcolonial condition. Arke was fascinated by the male European explorers and their fascination with the Arctic landscape, the Inuit and, not the least, the Inuit women. "Arctic Hysteria" is one of the main metaphors she used to describe this fascination - giving a whole new meaning to this concept invented by explorers and scientists to describe a special kind of pathology by which the inhabitants of the Arctic were classified and distinguished from other people. Where so many male intellectuals have responded to the European representations with resentment and anger, Arke chooses curiosity as her main approach. What did these men see? What made them see in this way? What did the women feel? How does it feel to take upon oneself this subject position of the cultural and sexual "Other"? Thus, instead of repeating the dichotomizing constructions, as is often the outcome of "Anti-Orientalist" or "Anti-Othering" studies, Arke re-lives and thereby out-lives and deconstructs the colonial representations, leaving the stage open for new images and encounters. Arke thus addresses some of the key problems in the discussion of representation, and her work becomes an important critique not only of the colonial representations itself, but of the way in which the postcolonial response has dealt with these issues, trying to bring us further and beyond.

Dramatherapy and Fairytale: Entering the fantastic reality

Dramatherapy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-36
Author(s):  
Maria Schubert
Keyword(s):  
Real Life ◽  
Transitional Space ◽  
Wooden Floor ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
The Fantastic ◽  
Painful Events ◽  
Johan Huizinga ◽  
Special Rules ◽  
Aesthetic Distance ◽  
The Way

A magical, transitional space connects Dramatherapy and Fairytale. A space isolated, consecrated and forbidden, within which special rules occur. The description of this space talks about “temporary worlds,” as Johan Huizinga describes for Play, “within the usual world, dedicated in doing an act independent from our everyday practical lives.” It is there, that the dramatherapeutic stage allows us to enter this magic, transitional space that transforms itself from a wooden floor into a space where important and serious acts happen—even if they make us cry out with laughter. Therefore, within the context of Play, Fairytale, and Dramatherapy, the dramatherapeutic stage allows the person to exit, for a while, its real life and routine, and enter a magic world, a world that allows the unconscious to be expressed and relieved in a safe way. In this article, the author will explore the way Dramatherapy and Fairytale interconnect through the mediation of aesthetic distance which in both disciplines allows the clients and the dramatherapist to enter the liminal space of fantastic and/or dramatic reality and explore traumatic and painful events and issues of the clients’ life.

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