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The Politics Of The Self: Psychedelic Assemblages, Psilocybin, And Subjectivity In The Anthropocene, Joshua Falcon
The Politics Of The Self: Psychedelic Assemblages, Psilocybin, And Subjectivity In The Anthropocene, Joshua Falcon
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation examines how psychedelic substances become drawn into particular sociohistorical and political arrangements, and how psychedelic experiences with psilocybin ‘magic mushrooms’ are used as tools of subjectivation. Guided by literatures in philosophy, critical theory, and the social sciences that focus on subjectivity, assemblage theory, and critical posthumanism, I argue that psychedelics are drawn into variegated assemblages, each of which conceptualizes the nature of psychedelics in highly specific ways that reflect implicit conceptions of the world and the self. In developing the concept of psychedelic assemblages, this research provides a window onto the politics of the self in the Anthropocene. …
Lyrical Rapturing In Danticat’S Work: Transcending Haitian Cultural Silence Through Narrative, Johanna M. Piard
Lyrical Rapturing In Danticat’S Work: Transcending Haitian Cultural Silence Through Narrative, Johanna M. Piard
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Edwidge Danticat’s work has been praised for the visceral, deeply personal ways she writes violence, suffering, death, and loss, leading scholars to theorize that dehumanization is a central motif in the Haitian and Haitian diasporic experience. This causes Haiti to be generally considered, as Jerry Philogene describes, “a socially dead space”. Danticat ventures into this “socially dead space” in her recent memoirs, reflecting on the traumatic experiences of her two paternal figures, her father and Uncle Joseph, her complex feelings around her mother’s death, and the value of Haitian art in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake. Danticat creates a …
Jewish Conversion During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Victoria Davide
Jewish Conversion During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Victoria Davide
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
March 2020 saw a stark change to daily life and religious practices for many individuals because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Those converting to Judaism, or in the process of wanting to convert, found themselves physically isolated from their Jewish communities. This thesis dives into what aspects are important when creating a Jewish identity and how individuals circumnavigate these changes in crisis. Through the use of qualitative interviews this thesis illuminates the many different changes and experiences that individuals went through converting to Judaism during the COVID-19 pandemic. I bring many different groups for comparisons including different branches within Judaism and …
The Transformation Of The Daimon As A Spirit Entity From Ancient Greece To Early Christianity, And Beyond, Christopher A. Mekus Mr.
The Transformation Of The Daimon As A Spirit Entity From Ancient Greece To Early Christianity, And Beyond, Christopher A. Mekus Mr.
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Abstract: cultural diffusion of the Graeco-Egyptian daimon-entity was based upon the combination of ancient Egyptian and Greek magic. This syncretic system of magic was marked by the Greek daimon as a spirit-like entity in ritual application and framework with the Egyptian ouroboros symbol and circumambulation, which represented safe spiritual communication and unity with the fickle daimon, as a magical assistant to help obtain ritual goals. Contrary to some opinions, the accumulative evidence indicates that the daimon transformed and endured into Gnosticism, and early orthodox Christianity. The ongoing concept of spiritual unity within the western tradition was of paramount importance, as …