AR329 Lecture Notes - Chiasmus, Geophony, Pomerium
21 Mar 2013
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Participation mystique is a concept related to levy bruhl. The bond between a person and his country is not merely geographic but also living, spiritual, and sacred. bruhl. This concept summarized in one word: chiasmus. This means the individual is the geography and the land is the individual. History is humanity"s encounter with nature and nature"s encounter with humanity. Humanity always projects its ideas outwardly so that they can exist in the physical world. If we do not impose ourselves on nature, nature will impose itself on us. The process of naming something makes it sacred, therefore sacred geography is geography that has a name. The naming process gives meaning to something. We can only live by doing this process. The square of rome which was marked out by romulus with a plow. When we look out into geography we are always giving it meaning. The field of rome; the space around the square.
