Liminal ao liminoide: em brincadeira, fluxo e ritual - um ensaio de simbologia comparativa

Victor Turner

doi:10.5433/2176-6665.2012v17n2p214

Authors

Victor Turner

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/2176-6665.2012v17n2p214

Keywords:

Comparative symbology, Rites, Plays, Liminal and liminoid, Culture

Abstract

Starting from the discussion of comparative symbology, which should not be confused with symbolic anthropology, the objective is to take the symbol as an event, not as a thing, for it has more to do with a semantic dimension, which refers to meaning in language and context. From this point of view, the ritual symbol becomes a factor of social action, with an innovative and creative potential of human action. Actions of expressive culture have character of dynamic semantic systems, gaining and losing meaning, since they "travel through" a rite or artwork. Among liminal and liminoid phenomena, rites and games, the subsystems of expressive culture are considered to reflect on the experiences of communitas and flow, when we observe the total involvement of the person in what he/she does.

Author Biography

Victor Turner

A partir da discussão da simbologia comparativa, que não deve ser confundida com a antropologia simbólica, ficando dela distante, objetiva-se tomar o símbolo como evento, e não como coisa, pois ele tem mais a ver com uma dimensão semântica, que remete ao significado na linguagem e no contexto. Desse ponto de vista, o símbolo ritual torna-se um fator de ação social, com um potencial criador ou inovador da ação humana. As ações de cultura expressiva possuem caráter de sistemas semânticos dinâmicos, ganhando e perdendo significados, pois “viajam através” de um rito ou obra de arte. Entre fenômenos liminares e liminoides, ritos e brincadeiras, pensam-se os subsistemas da cultura expressiva para refletir sobre as experiências de communitas e de flow (fluxo), quando observamos o envolvimento total da pessoa naquilo que ela faz.

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