Huit thèses sur la fantasmagorie

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Phantasmagorical Buddhism: Dreams and Imagination in the Creation of Burmese Sacred Space

“…Heavenly fruits, fantastical creatures, high ceilings with European styled chandeliers, mirrors lining all corners of the large structures, thousands upon thousands of Buddha statues and sacred diagrams adorning the walls and lavishly painted in bright colors of yellows, reds, and blues they are sites that, as Justin McDaniel points out, work "on the visitor and in total possesses an affective potential" (McDaniel 2016, p. 23). In this sense, such sites are phantasmagorical exactly because spectators are often reduced "to an attitude of pure reaction" and give its visitors a "frame for immediate enjoyment" (Berdet 2013). Such places "do not teach through narrative," McDaniel writes, "but by immediacy.…”

“…Religions 2018, 9, x FOR PEER REVIEW 9 of 14 attitude of pure reaction" and give its visitors a "frame for immediate enjoyment" (Berdet 2013). Such places "do not teach through narrative," McDaniel writes, "but by immediacy.…”

Urban Phantasmagorias

“…The most important statement about the concept of phantasmagoria is that, unlike fantasy and pure fantastic representation, it is strongly linked to concrete possibilities. According to Marc Berdet (2010), a phantasmagoria may be defined as “a representation of the imaginary relationship of the society to its real condition of existence” (p. 1). Kevin Hetherington (2005, p. 191), following Benjamin, traces the term’s etymological root to Phantasos , the name of one of the sons of Hypnos, who “was responsible for sending dreams to people of inanimate objects, or things,” suggesting that “his is the figural message concealed within material culture.” And yet, for Hetherington (2005, p. 194) a more suitable etymological definition of phantasmagoria is “ phantasma agoreuein : to speak in public (from the agora—a place of public discourse that was also a market place) under the influence of allegory,” that is, “a voice expressed through the materiality of unfinished disposal.”…”