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SUMMARY:Workshop “Em-bodying Emotions and Deities”
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DESCRIPTION:Metaphors of being “ridden” by anxiety\, “overwhelmed”
  by sorrow or “carried away” by “enthusiasm” point to a curious re
 semblance between metaphors for emotions\, and expressions for spirit or d
 eity possession.\n\nIn religious traditions as far apart as the Himalayan 
 Hinduism and Haitian Voudoun\, the beings that “come over” or “enter
 ” the human body are referred to as riders of their human vehicle\, or a
 s “Divine Horsemen” (Maya Deren). In ancient Sanskrit texts\, the “e
 ntering” (āveśa) of a human person can as much refer to an emotion as 
 to a deity or demon (see Frederick Smith 2006\, The Self Possessed). Argua
 bly\, both emotions and spirits/deities are hard to “grasp” by words a
 nd concepts\, and even harder to control. To talk and think about such for
 ces and entities which are “beyond our reach”\, we need metaphors whic
 h construct similarities – for instance\, by implying that emotions and 
 deities alike “enter”\, “ride” or otherwise “drive” the human 
 body.\nThis workshop examines phenomena such as possession and enthusiasm 
 not only through bodily symptoms or sociopolitical agency but also through
  their conceptual implications: They define the body and the immaterial as
 pects of the self by defining\, shifting\, or opening the borders that mak
 e up the “inner” and “outer” worlds.\n\nThis gives rise to questio
 ns such as the following:\n\n\n	Is the self “entered” or “seized” 
 by emotions coming from “within”\, by spirits or other beings coming f
 rom “outside” the limits of control or rule by the self\, or by some d
 ivinity which is already “within” the individual’s body\, heart or s
 oul?\n	What do the seemingly contradictory images of a Self being “ridde
 n” and being “entered” by these forces tell us about the conceptuali
 zation of the Self itself?\n	Do these metaphors have implications about th
 e integrity\, (in-)dividuality or isolatedness of the Self?\n	Are emotions
  or spirits conceived of as “immaterial” forces? Is the “immaterial
 ” located “inside” the body? If so\, why?\n	How “embodied” are t
 hese forces when they are not yet / not anymore “within” (or around) t
 he possessed body?\n
LOCATION:CERES Palais\, room "Ruhrpott" (4.13)
URL:https://sfb1475.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/en/event/workshop-em-bodying-emotio
 ns-and-deities/
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