The invention of representation: a brief reflection about the notion of representation

Abstract

The notion of representation is a theme dear to anthropology. I want to contribute, so simple, for a discussion on the subject worth me perspectives of different areas, trying to establish a dialogue between them. The theater theory, historiography and anthropology contemporary Hellenic are the big areas that serve as the theme for reflection. In contemporary theater theory we see a debate between essayists who seek to think the shows not as mimetic representations of reality, but as a scenic experience. I am worth some historians, more specifically two Hellenists, to reflect on the modes of representation in the Greek world, and from them, understand what these modes are saying about us Westerners. Finally, I make use of the theory of Roy Wagner to twist the meaning and thought representation on other terms.