PERFORMATIVITY IN CULTURE : TRANSCORPOREAL AND TRANSPERSONAL DIMENSIONS

Abstract

The aim of the study is to examine the phenomenon of performativity in culture within the context of transcorporeal experience and transpersonal practices, encompassing bodily, affective, and ecstatic dimensions, including the experience of war as an extreme form of performance; as well as to outline the methodological principles of cultural analysis through the lens of performativity theory. Methodology. The research is based on an interdisciplinary approach that combines the phenomenology of the body, performativity theory, post-structuralist ontology, and transpersonal psychology. The engagement with posthumanist ideas of transcorporeality makes it possible to consider the subject as an open, interconnected system. Results. The performative turn in the humanities opens up the possibility of a radical rethinking of culture as a processual and event-based reality, enacted through multiple practices of embodied and experiential presence. Transpersonal and transcorporeal dimensions emerge as integral components of this process. The experience of contemporary war demonstrates extreme manifestations of performativity, revealing it not only as an analytical category but also as a practical resource for comprehending and transforming traumatic experience. The human being appears as an open, dynamic structure embedded in complex networks of interaction, where performativity functions as a mode of actualizing its transfigurative potential. Novelty.
The study proposes an expanded understanding of performativity as an ontological and epistemological principle of culture, encompassing not only linguistic or social practices but also bodily, affective, and transpersonal modes of experience. A systematic integration of the concept of transcorporeality with performativity theory is carried out. War is conceptualized as an extreme form of performativity in which the radicalization of transcorporeal experience becomes evident. Practical significance. The incorporation of transcorporeal and transpersonal practices into the analysis of performativity makes it possible to move beyond an exclusively rational-centered paradigm. The analysis of war experience through a performative lens facilitates the identification and transformation of traumatic experience.