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SUMMARY:Guest Lecture: Mysticism and Metaphors. The Spanish Mystic Poets o
 f the Spanish Golden Age (16th – 17th centuries)
DTSTART:20231023T141500Z
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DESCRIPTION:Guest Lecture by Rodrigo García Bergareche (Complutense Unive
 rsity of Madrid)\n\nAbstract\n\nDuring the presentation\, I will resume my
  research\, which mainly reflects on metaphors\, meaning and the grasping 
 of an understanding beyond the limits of the intellect. The mystic Spanish
  Golden Age corpus will be used to carry out this work.\n\nMy investigatio
 n looks at ineffability and the mystical paradox of address\, which is a c
 entral issue in mystical discourse. On many occasions\, Santa Teresa de Je
 sús and San Juan de la Cruz\, who are both discalced Carmelites monks and
  important representatives of Spanish mystical poetry of the 16th century\
 , mentioned the lack of words in their theoretical writings or even in the
 ir artistic works. Ultimately\, Miguel de Molinos\, a theologist and mysti
 cal poet of the 17th century and promoter of Quietism\, even advocated for
  surrendering to silence. Therefore\, I address the mystical ineffability 
 through metaphors. My main line of research follows the classic bibliograp
 hy based on Ricoeur and Blumenberg\, who stated metaphors as a re-descript
 ion of the world\, which is essential when it comes to conceptualising som
 e aspects of reality. In this context\, the cognitive school of Lakoff and
  Johnson will be examined since conceptual metaphors are indispensable for
  the production and communication of knowledge (even more when the referen
 t is hidden).\n\nFinally\, I will analyse the metaphors used by these Span
 ish mystic poets from this cognitive perspective. Taking into account both
  the tradition from which they come and their unique aspects.
LOCATION:CERES Palais\, room "Ruhrpott" (4.13)
URL:https://ceres.rub.de/en/events/guest-lecture-sfb-1475-23102023-en-1/
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