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DISSERTATIONS - 2005
The Soul River: contributions from religious symbolism and analytical psychology for a reflection about the ecological crises on Tietê River. (A proposal for an Archetypal Ecology)
Ricardo Hirata
Advisor: Denise G. Ramos
Key words: Tietê River, ecology, archetypal ecology, religious symbolism, Jungian psychology.
Abstract: This dissertation has as its objective to propose a theoretical referential of the religion sciences and the analytical psychology for studying the cultural - economical development impasse in the context of the ecological crisis in the Tietê river, in São Paulo. This crisis took on alarming proportions in the second half of the XX century, when river pollution affected an area of three hundred and fifty kilometres and low water quality caused contagious diseases, disabling its use even for electric power generation. Our hypothesis is (1) that the causes of the ecological crisis in the river Tietê isn’t only in the material and objective dimension, but also has to do with the estrangement of man's relationship with the symbolic and the sacred. And that, therefore, (2) the resolution of this crisis should also include human subjectivity. To verify these hypotheses, we used theoretical and historical research of the ecological crisis in the river, as well as the religious symbolism of the river water, and the imaginary links between the citizens from São Paulo and the river along with the history of the city. It also takes into account the current strategies that have been used to manage the crisis. The theoretical referential that permeates the dissertation is an interface of the concept of symbolism of Ernst Cassirer's, Mircea Eliade and Carl G. Jung works. We concluded that the causes of the ecological crisis in Tietê are linked with the loss of meaning of the symbolism of water and of the river, and that the strategies to work with the same should include the cultural dimension, spiritual and psychic. It should be understood that it’s necessary to consider the integration between objectivity and subjectivity, also cultural and economical development, to consider the mentioned crisis, in order to work out proposals looking to reverse-revitalize the symbol of the river and the water, putting an end to the ecological crisis in the Tietê River.
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