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Mexican Antigones: In Search of a Stolen Mourning, presented by Rosaura Martinez 6:00 pm
Mexican Antigones: In Search of a Stolen Mourning, presented by Rosaura Martinez @ Wolff Conference Room/D1103
Feb 1 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
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Analyzing the Mexican case of collectives of women currently looking for their disappeared relatives due to an escalation of violence related to the so-called War against Drugs that former president Felipe Calderón (2006–2012) started, this essay develops a new conception of politics grounded not only on rational thought but also on affect. These collectives put forward a materialistic, feminist, and performative mode of politics. Publicly lamenting their losses and literally digging bodies out of Mexican[...]
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Mental Imagery, Tantric Practice, and the Drama of the Imagination. Davey K. Tomlinson (Villanova) 5:30 pm
Mental Imagery, Tantric Practice, and the Drama of the Imagination. Davey K. Tomlinson (Villanova) @ Columbia Religion
Feb 2 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
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How does the imagination change us? Why should picturing ourselves a certain way have any real effect on what we are? These questions are central to debates in Buddhist tantric literature regarding the generation stage (utpattikrama), wherein practitioners visualize themselves as buddhas ensconsed in magnificent mandala-palaces. For some, this practice is what sets Buddhist tantra apart: through this “yoga of the imagination,” as David Shulman puts it, a practitioner can achieve buddhahood in a single[...]
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