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Naujausias Numeris LIETUVOS KULTŪROS TYRIMŲ INSTITUTAS TARPDALYKINIAI KULTŪROS TYRIMAI 2019 · T. 7 · Nr. 2 VILNIUS 2019 SOVIJUS. tarpdalykiniai kultūros tyrimai – pusmetinis recenzuojamas Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų instituto žurnalas, skirtas aktualioms kultūros raidos, sklaidos ir įvairių kultūrų sąveikų problemoms tirti, taip pat naujiems kultūros tyrimų laukams plėtoti. Leidinyje skelbiami moksliniai straipsniai ir studijos, apimančios kultūros raidos ir sklaidos, kultūros teorijos, civilizacinės kompa- ratyvistikos, socialinės ir kultūrinės antropologijos, kultūrinės atminties, kultūrinės psichologijos, kultūros sociologijos, naujųjų medijų kultūros tyrimų rezultatus; publikuojami reikšmingų tekstų vertimai, istoriniai šaltiniai, recenzijos bei konferencijų apžvalgos. Leidinio redakcinė kolegija daug dėmesio skiria teorinėms ir metodologinėms kultūros ir su ja siejamų tyrimo laukų problemoms gvildenti. Straipsniai spausdinami lietuvių, anglų ir kitomis tarptautinės mokslinės bendruomenės dažniausiai vartojamomis kalbomis. Atskira serija (kaip žurnalo priedas) publikuojamos studijos ir monografijos. Vyriausiasis redaktorius Doc. dr. Naglis Kardelis (Lietuvos kultūros Akad. prof. Antanas Andrijauskas (Lietuvos tyrimų institutas) kultūros tyrimų institutas) Akad. prof. Janina Kursytė-Pakulė (Latvijos Mokslų akademija, Latvijos universitetas) Vyriausiojo redaktoriaus pavaduotojas Dr. Dainius Razauskas (Lietuvių literatūros ir Dr. Stanislovas Juknevičius (Lietuvos kultūros tautosakos institutas) tyrimų institutas) Prof. habil. dr. Charles Ridoux (Université de Valenciennes) Numerio redaktorė Dr. Vytautas Rubavičius (Lietuvos kultūros Dr. Salomėja Jastrumskytė (Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas) tyrimų institutas) Prof. Carles Salazar (Lleidos universitetas) Prof. emeritas Hidemichi Tanaka (Tohoku Redakcinė kolegija universitetas) Akad. prof. Antanas Andrijauskas (Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas) Lietuvių kalbos redaktorė Prof. dr. Ruben Apresian (Rusijos mokslų Ona Gaidamavičiūtė akademijos Filosofijos institutas) Prof. Sekhar Basu (Delio universitetas) Dizainerė Acad. prof. dr. Audrius Beinorius (Vilniaus Skaistė Ašmenavičiūtė universitetas) Prof. habil. dr. Pawel Bytniewski (Marijos Kiuri Sklodovskos universitetas Liubline) I viršelyje: Arvydas Každailis, „Kūrėjų Kiekvieną straipsnį recenzavo du recenzentai kūrėjas“. Ofortas Redakcijos adresas: Arvydo Každailio ofortai, p. 9, 43, 105, 151 Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas Saltoniškių g. 58, LT-08105, Vilnius, Lietuva El. paštas: [email protected] Tel. / faksas (85) 2751898 www.sovijus.lt © Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, 2019 ISSN 2351-4728 (interaktyvi versija) ISSN 2351-471X (spausdinta versija) TURINYS BALTŲ IR LIETUVOS KULTŪRA / 9 Dainius Razauskas. Kūnas – namas, šventykla, pilis, miestas, pasaulis / 10 Summary / 29 Žilvinas Svigaris. Mitiniai giminės ryšiai archajinėse lietuvių dainose / 30 Summary / 41 FILOSOFIJA IR RELIGIJA / 43 Algis Mickūnas. The Ever Present „Other“ / 44 Santrauka / 62 Aivaras Stepukonis. Edmund Husserl on the Conditions of the Possibility of Theoretical Knowledge: A Philosophical Exegesis / 63 Santrauka / 80 Basia Nikiforova. Don’t ask for the meaning: Wittgenstein and Religious Language / 81 Santrauka / 90 Stanislovas Juknevičius. Suicide As Disintegration: From The Death of God to Metaphysical Suffering / 91 Santrauka / 103 ESTETIKA IR MENO FILOSOFIJA / 105 Deima Katinaitė. Estetinis Baublio vaizdinys Dionizo Poškos sode. Bachtiniškoji interpretacija / 106 Summary / 124 Dalia Aleksandravičiūtė. René Descartes’o racionalizmo atspindžiai Jurgio Baltrušaičio perspektyvos ir anamorfozių tyrinėjimuose / 125 Summary / 139 Aistė Žvinytė. Pamėklinė vaizdo būtis ir virtualumas Georges’o Didi-Hubermano estetinėje koncepcijoje / 140 Summary / 150 KONFERENCIJŲ APŽVALGOS / 151 Ona Gaidamavičiūtė. Nacionalinės konferencijos „Rytai–Vakarai: civilizacinio mąstymo, politikos ir vaizduotės aktualėjimas“ apžvalga / 152 Alvydas Noreika. Lietuvos mokslo istorikų ir filosofų konferencijos „Scientia et Historia – 2019“ apžvalga Apie autorius / 168 Atmena straipsnių autoriams / 172 SOVIJUS. interdisciplinary studies of culture is a peer-reviewed semi-annual journal of Lithuanian Culture Research Institute for discussing important problems of cultural development, spread and interaction of different cultures, as well as for developing the new research fields of cultural studies. The journal contains scientific articles and studies, covering the culture development and spread, cultural theory, civilisational comparativistics, social and cultural anthropology, cultural memory, cultural psychology, cultural sociology, new media culture find- ings as well as translations of topical texts, historical sources, reviews and conference reviews. The editorial board focuses on theoretical and methodological problems of exploring culture as well as various issues of relative fields. Articles are published in Lithuanian, English and other languages commonly used by the academic community. The journal is supplemented with a series of studies and monographs. Editor-in-Chief Assoc. prof. Dr. Naglis Kardelis (Lithuanian Akad. prof. Antanas Andrijauskas (Lithuanian Culture Research Institute) Culture Research Institute) Akad. prof. Janina Kursytė-Pakulė (Latvian Academy of Sciences, Latvia University) Deputy Editor-in-Chief Dr. Dainius Razauskas (The Institute of Dr. Stanislovas Juknevičius (Lithuanian Lithuanian Literature and Folklore) Culture Research Institute) Prof. Dr. hab. Charles Ridoux (Université de Valenciennes) Editor of the Issue Dr. Vytautas Rubavičius (Lithuanian Culture Dr. Salomėja Jastrumskytė (Lithuanian Culture Research Institute) Research Institute) Prof. Carles Salazar (University of Lleida) Prof. Emeritus Hidemichi Tanaka (Tohoku Editorial Board University) Akad. prof. Antanas Andrijauskas (Lithuanian Culture Research Institute) Lithuanian Language Editor Prof. Dr. Ruben Apresian (Russian Academy Ona Gaidamavičiūtė of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy) Prof. Sekhar Basu (University of Delhi) Design Acad. Prof. Dr. Audrius Beinorius (Vilnius Skaistė Ašmenavičiūtė University) Prof. Dr. hab. Pawel Bytniewski (University of Cover I: Arvydas Každailis, “Creator creator”. Maria Cury Sklodowska in Lublin) Etching Every article is reviewed by two reviewers Arvydas’s Každailis’s etchings in pages 9, 43, 105, 151 Address: Lithuanian Culture Research Institute Saltoniškių St. 58, LT-08105, Vilnius, Lithuania E-mail: [email protected] Tel. / fax (+370) 5 2751898 www.sovijus.lt © Lithuanian Culture Research Institute, 2019 ISSN 2351-4728 (online version) ISSN 2351-471X (printed version) TABLE OF CONTENTS BALTIC AND LITHUANIAN CULTURE / 9 Dainius Razauskas. Human Body as the House, Temple, Castle, City, and the World / 10 Summary / 29 Žilvinas Svigaris. Mythical Kinship Relations in the Archaic Lithuanian Folk Songs / 30 Summary / 41 PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION / 43 Algis Mickūnas. The Ever Present „Other“ / 44 Summary in Lithuanian / 62 Aivaras Stepukonis. Edmund Husserl on the Conditions of the Possibility of Theoretical Knowledge: A Philosophical Exegesis / 63 Summary in Lithuanian / 80 Basia Nikiforova. Don’t ask for the meaning: Wittgenstein and Religious Language / 81 Summary in Lithuanian / 90 Stanislovas Juknevičius. Suicide As Disintegration: From The Death of God to Metaphysical Suffering / 91 Summary in Lithuanian / 103 AESTHETICS AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF ART / 105 Deima Katinaitė. The Aesthetic Representation of Baublys in Dionizas Poška’s Garden: A Bakhtinian Interpretation / 106 Summary / 124 Dalia Aleksandravičiūtė. The reflections of René Descartes’ rationalism in Jurgis Baltrušaitis’ research on perspective and anamorphoses / 125 Summary / 139 Aistė Žvinytė. Phasmatic Being and Virtuality of an Image in Georges Didi- Huberman’s Aesthetic Conception / 140 Summary / 150 CONFERENCE REVIEWS / 151 Ona Gaidamavičiūtė. The review of National Conference “East-West: Civilization Thinking, of Politics and Imagination” / 152 Alvydas Noreika. The review of Sientific Conference of Lithuanian Science Historians and Philosophers “Scientia et Historia” Our contributors / 170 Guidelines for Contributors / 174 BALTŲ IR LIETUVOS KULTŪRA Arvydas Každailis. „Laima-Giltinė“, ofortas, 15,5 × 12, 1986 Kūnas – namas, šventykla, pilis, miestas, pasaulis DAINIUS RAZAUSKAS Lietuvių literatūros ir tautosakos institutas [email protected] Straipsnis parašytas pagal paskaitą „Kūnas – sielos namai“, skaitytą Tradiciniame tarptautiniame nepriklausomame savitos muzikos ir šiuolaikinės baltų kultūros festivalyje „Mėnuo Juodaragis XIX“ 2016 m. rugpjūčio 27 d. Dūburio saloje. Remiantis įvairių tradicijų duomenimis (tautosakos, mitologijos, etnografijos, religinių tekstų, literatūros ir kt.), paeiliui nagrinėjami vaizdiniai, kuriuose namas prilyginamas žmogaus kūnui ir atvirkščiai – žmogaus kūnas namui. Rama Kūmarasvamis yra taikliai pasakęs, jog namus galima suvokti „kaip mini šventovę ar net šventyklą – nes tikri namai yra šventa vieta“1. Užtat šventykla irgi nuo senų senovės prilyginama žmogaus kūnui, ir žmogaus kūnas – šventyklai. Toliau tiek pastatas (namas, juolab šventykla), tiek žmogaus kūnas prilyginami visatai, pasauliui, žmogaus kūnas dargi – piliai, miestui ir, kaip neseniai turėjome progą įsitikinti2, kūnas, pastatas, pasaulis prilyginami drabužiui. Pakeliui išryškėja šių skirtingo lygmens žmogaus sielos „namų“ tarpusavio homologijos: jie daugeliu atveju atitinka ir netgi atstoja vienas kitą tradicinėse pažiūrose, tikėjimuose, papročiuose. Skirtingų tradicijų duomenys šiose homologijose
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