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Cosmological Topologies and the (De)formations of Things at Catastrophic Ends.
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Research in Phenomenology . 2024, Vol. 54 Issue 1, p52-73. 22p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Drawing from Andean cosmological, mythological and aesthetic lineages, this paper is about the possibility of a phenomenology of things at catastrophic ends. In this regard, I approach things under the sway of a (de)formative emptiness. In the first part, I develop a relational ontology on the basis of the Andean notion of pacha or cosmos, which provides a phenomenological frame for a determination of "place," "world" and "topology." I also contrast an elemental topology of the cosmos configured by ouranic sunlight with an elemental catastrophism that overturns it. In the second part, I study a chronological series of artifacts in an Andean aesthetic lineage in order to attempt a phenomenology of "things" (utensils, buildings, mountains) that "spectrally" hover in overturns of the cosmos (pachakuti). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *TOPOLOGY
*CATASTROPHISM
*ONTOLOGY
*POSSIBILITY
*SUNSHINE
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00855553
- Volume :
- 54
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Research in Phenomenology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176361395
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1163/15691640-12341538