Catharsis
Catharsis (from Greek κάθαρσις katharsis meaning "purification" or "cleansing") is the purification and purgation of emotions—especially pity and fear—through art or any extreme change in emotion that results in renewal and restoration. It is a metaphor originally used by Aristotle in the Poetics, comparing the effects of tragedy on the mind of spectator to the effect of a cathartic on the body.
Dramatic uses
Catharsis is a term in dramatic art that describes the effect of tragedy (or comedy and quite possibly other artistic forms) principally on the audience (although some have speculated on characters in the drama as well). Nowhere does Aristotle explain the meaning of "catharsis" as he is using that term in the definition of tragedy in the Poetics (1449b21-28). G.F. Else argues that traditional, widely held interpretations of catharsis as "purification" or "purgation" have no basis in the text of the Poetics, but are derived from the use of catharsis in other Aristotelian and non-Aristotelian contexts. For this reason, a number of diverse interpretations of the meaning of this term have arisen. The term is often discussed along with Aristotle's concept of anagnorisis.
Catharsis (disambiguation)
Catharsis is Greek word meaning "cleansing" or "purging".
Catharsis may also refer to:
See also
Catharsis (organization)
Catharsis is a charitable organization located in Tbilisi, Georgia. It has six branches in towns and regions of Georgia. One of the branches was working in Moscow in 1994-2009.
History
Catharsis was formed in 1990. The founder of Catharsis is Zaur-oleg Aladashvili.
Services
Services include:
Podcasts:
Catharsis
ALBUMS
- Le bolero de veau des dames released: 1974
- 32 Mars released: 1972
- Masq released: 1971
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- Светлый альбомъ released: 2010
- Верни им небо released: 2006
- Крылья released: 2005
- Dea / Febris Erotica released: 2004
- Имаго released: 2003
- Imago released: 2002
- Dea released: 2001
- Febris Erotica released: 1999
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- Live in the Land of the Dead / The Flood and the Storm released: 2000
- Passion released: 1999
- Live in the Land of the Dead / Eat, Fight, Fuck: Live at CBGB's released: 1998
- Catharsis released: 1996
- Samsara released:
Samsara
- One Minute Closer To The Hour Of Your Death
- Exterminating Angel
- Bow Down: Every Bent Knee Too Shall Break
- Choose Your Heaven
- Every Man for Himself and God Against Them All
- Sacred and Profane (The Carnal Prayer Mat)
- ... In Solitary
- Pariah
- Choose Your Heaven II
- The Evolution Of Dying
- I Corinthians 1:18-29
- In the Belly of the Demon
- What the Thunder Said
- Ritualized
- Isaac
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by: PitchshifterWatching the hit, I feel calm, crying and blood,
try smell harm, back I go this mode of mind,
you see me nice, you see me kind.
My eyes strain, a blatant stain,
this bloody picture, failing to scare.
Can't touch it, it goes through me,
can't feel the hit, all I do is see,
the two sides of me, this square of glass,
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