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| Myth: A myth is a traditional story that embodies a belief about the world or the nature of human existence. Myths are often concerned with the origins of the universe, the creation of humanity, and the relationship between humans and the gods._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Claude Lévi-Strauss on Myth - Dictionary of Arguments
I 39 Myth/Lévi-Strauss: appears to us at the same time as a system of abstract relationships and as an object of aesthetic... I 40 ...contemplation: the creative act that creates the myth is inversely symmetrical to that which is found at the origin of the work of art. In the work of art, one assumes that a whole consists of several objects or several events and by making visible a common structure, the character of a totality is given. >Art/Lévi-Strauss. The myth goes the same way in the opposite direction: it uses a structure to produce an absolute object that offers the aspect of an entirety of events. (See also Analogy/Lévi-Strauss.)_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
LevSt I Claude Lévi-Strauss La pensée sauvage, Paris 1962 German Edition: Das Wilde Denken Frankfurt/M. 1973 LevSt II C. Levi-Strauss The Savage Mind (The Nature of Human Society Series) Chicago 1966 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-18