Naming Beyond Pointing: Singularity, Relatedness and the Foreshadowing of Death

“Guruji Rocked . . . Duniya Shocked”

“…38 On the other hand, the guru's name is classificatory in a negative sense in classifying his very unclassifiability. It points to his inability to be pointed at (Das 2015); that is to say, his ungraspability. His name is also a kind of story (Ingold 2011) or document of history (Brink-Danan 2010), with changes to it chronicling the different stages of the guru's encompassment of subject positions-the way in which he includes in order to extend.…”

Necronym: the effects of bearing a dead little sibling’s name

“…Necronyms in this scenario can be considered as a vector for the vehiculation of unconscious contents (Schutzenberger, 2014 Q9 ; Schwab, 2012), which constitute an 'inner crypt'that is, the incorporation of psychic material from one individual (in this case, the deceased child) into another (the surviving child) (Abraham & Torok, 1993 Q10 ; Wojciech, 2010;Yassa, 2002). However, research on necronyms and their role in managing grief is vague and exceedingly rare, mostly cited in literature relating to specific cultural traditions and common use (Das, 2015;Rév, 1998). This could derive from the different meanings of names and necronyms in different cultures, such that necronyms are mainly used only in certain cultures, like Italian culture.…”

A devoção vaishnava e os conceitos de ordinário e cotidiano: Comentário a partir de Textures of the Ordinary

“…O trabalho com o cotidiano (everyday) também sugere uma abordagem metalinguística, uma vez que os conceitos aplicados pela autora surgem da vida cotidiana e não são meramente aplicados na mesma, inclusive o próprio uso de everyday (Das 2015). Uma das estéticas orientadoras da sua obra, mas não a única, pode ser a forma como os poemas épicos influenciam a vida das pessoas, oferecendo pistas na conformação conceitual do cotidiano (everyday) e do ordinário.…”