A Fall into the self
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The paper thinks fall and ascension as related movements. Their connection can be seen in various arts, such as painting and its motifs of Icarus or fallen angels or the descent from the cross, and literature (examples will be taken from António Vieira, Allan Poe, Fernando Pessoa, Vicente Huidobro). In the last decades, dance has developed a unique attention to grounding and to falling.\r\nEncouraged by the “Oxford Philosophy” and its search to respond to everyday language instead of refusing it, we will also search wisdom in common Portuguese expressions about fall as well as in the lyrics of popular songs that teach us how and why we fall in love.
DOI: 10.34619/idiu-bk8a
Author: Monteiro, Paulo Filipe
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7204173884