The kinesis of immortality. Spatial-kinetic metaphors and Daoist salvation (A02)

• Subject Area: Asian Studies
• Term: since 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 441126958

The subproject focuses on the role of spatial-kinetic metaphors in the formation of the Daoist religion between 300 BCE and 350 CE. First, the project aims to explore the relationship be-tween cognition and religious communication. Second, the role of metaphors in the linguistic encoding of the transcendence/immanence distinction (especially with respect to deixis) shall be analyzed in detail. Third, the project will explore whether and to what extent spatial-kinetic meta-phors worked as a semantic bridge between early Daoist literature and the broader realm of pre-Buddhist religions.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1475: Metaphors of Religion. Religious Meaning-Making in Language Use
• Applicant Institution: Ruhr-Universität Bochum
• Project Head: Dr. Licia Di Giacinto, Ph.D.