Data di Pubblicazione:
2023
Citazione:
Il corpo come spazio espressivo : La figura del templum divinatorio in Merleau-Ponty / A.C. Dalmasso. - In: SCENARI. - ISSN 2420-8914. - 19(2023), pp. 139-156. [10.7413/24208914160]
Abstract:
The term “to contemplate” originates from the divinatory practice
of ornithomancy, the augural observation of the flight of birds, which,
alongside the rite of hepatoscopy, the interpretation of the entrails of sac-
rificial animals, played an important role in Etruscan-Latin ritual prac-
tices. The divinatory observation was preceded by the delimitation of
a boundary, called templum, within which the signs would assume the
meaning of divine omens. Con-templating then is nothing other than the
gesture of looking within the boundaries of the templum. This divinatory
device is evoked in some passages of Merleau-Ponty’s work in order to il-
luminate the lived body as an eminently expressive space, which bestows
meanings that transcend its objective space, and as a virtual contour that
mediates interobjective and intersubjective relations, outlining a topo-
logical dimension.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Merleau-Ponty; Body; Templum; Divination; Expression
Elenco autori:
A.C. Dalmasso
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