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    A Geocritical Reading of the Anthropological Structures of the Imaginary.Bertrand Westphal - 2012 - Iris 33:23-35.
    Durand’s Anthropological Structures of the Imaginary and its several forewords draw some anthropology of the imaginary and a specific representation of space. However Durand understands that imaginary is universal and sees analogies in structures, even if they belong to different cultures and mythologies. Westphal’s geocriticism and Deleuze’s works define a new theory of space and underline that spaces and territories could be indeterminate, ambiguous and quite heterogeneous. Their researches raise many objections to Durand’s perception of space paradoxically based upon memory, (...)
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    Le monde plausible: espace, lieu, carte.Bertrand Westphal - 2011 - Paris: Les éditions de Minuit.
    Les cartes donnent souvent l’impression que le monde est saturé et que la surface de notre fragile planète a renoncé à la dimension du mystère. Ce sentiment d’accomplissement est trompeur. Il est le propre de la modernité occidentale. Tout au long de son histoire, l’Occident n’a eu cesse d’affronter les espaces ouverts pour les transformer en lieux clos sans que ce verrouillage eût jamais été décisif. Tant mieux, car, à chaque fois qu’il rouvre sur un horizon nouveau, le monde suscite (...)
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    The plausible world: a geocritical approach to space, place, and maps.Bertrand Westphal - 2013 - New York: Palgrave-Macmillan. Edited by Amy D. Wells.
    The multiplication of centers -- The horizon line -- The spatial urge -- The invention of place -- The measured mastery of the world.
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