Abstract
Abstract This article proposes an existential vision of self and culture‐the fluid center.” Drawing on existential philosophical and therapeutic principles, the fluid center is elucidated as a “pivot point,” a pause, between the reductionisms, elitisms, and anarchisms, that beset our age. Stated formally, the fluid center is any sphere of consciousness, which has as its concern the widest possible relations to existence. To help illustrate the fluid center, I draw attention to the historical phenomenon known as “carnival.” Like the fluid center, carnival embraces paradox. It promotes play, elasticity, and diversity; but it also acknowledges limits, vulnerabilities, and thresholds. The implications of the fluid center and carnival for politics, work, and therapeutic practice are explored and elaborated.
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