CMLT 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Bee Movie, Gennep, Liminality
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Van gennep: three stages in the liminal process: separation, geographical potential. Gennep adds that the individual can leave a home . Like context (remember, we are in the early days of anthropology). Limes in latin can also mean border i. e. limes imperii romanorum = the border of the roman empire. The individual passes through a stage of confusion and ambiguity: final stage: reaggregation or incorporation . Work with your colleagues to identify examples of liminality in literature. Let us compose your examples to observe similarities and di erences. Political (and some law, if there is a di erence) theory. Georgio agamben: implementation of state of exception and sovereignty. The sovereign, the law maker, is always in a state of exception because of the ability to create and enforce law. I, the sovereign, who am outside the law, declare that there is nothing outside the law.