Myth and Reality : Exploring the Interplay of Myth with Science, Art, and Religion Through the Lens of the concept of Re...
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Współczesne racjonalizowanie mitów. Klątwa królowej Pazyfae w nowożytnej prozie polskiej / Contemporary Rationalization ...
Greek myths, which undoubtedly constitute one of the most important pillars of European culture, have always been a source of inspiration for artists. The original heroes were archetypal figures, and their purpose was to attempt to explain the functioning of the world and universal human values even in ancient times. However, the characters present...
« Grecs et Allemands : le mythe d’une “affinité élective” »
Dans « Griechen und Deutsche: der Mythos einer “Wahlverwandtschaft” », Manfred Landfester rend compte des différentes étapes dans l’élaboration d’un « mythe grec allemand » (Griechenmythos), en mettant en parallèle l’évolution de cette pensée avec l’histoire politique et culturelle de l’Allemagne à la fin du xviiie siècle. Il y examine la façon don...
Quelques remarques sur la poésie de Pindare chez Marguerite Yourcenar
Dans cette étude, après une introduction portant sur le Pindare de Marguerite Yourcenar, en particulier sur sa publication, son organisation et son articulation (I), nous tentons, sans prétendre à l’exhaustivité, de donner un aperçu de la conception complexe et variée que Yourcenar avait de la poésie pindarique, en l’abordant par thèmes (II). Sans ...
Mitično v kratki prozi Vlada Žabota
Prispevek predstavlja poskus razbiranja implicitnih in eksplicitnih mitičnih elementov v zbirki kratke proze Vlada Žabota Bukovska mati, kjer se protagonisti – sicer dediči moderne subjektivne zavesti, ki se je formirala v novoveškem romanu, v kratki prozi pa je še radikalizirana – znajdejo v neobvladljivem mitičnem svetu. Atmosfero tega sveta sest...
La Torre de Babel: la construcción de un mito
Este artículo investiga en torno a las influencias babélicas - iconográficas y estéticas del mito- representadas en proyectos arquitectónicos vinculados a reflexiones artísticas. Construyendo un argumento que une, al mismo tiempo, arqueologías icónicas, con experiencias efectivas de urbanismo comunitario y proyectos inacabados como la New Babylon d...
Conversations with Ben Okri
Conversations with Ben Okri collects twenty-six interviews that range from 1986 to 2023 and reflect the international resonance of Nigerian writer Ben Okri's work. The reader is given access to the various phases of Okri’s life and career, beginning with his childhood (b. 1959) and upbringing in Nigeria and the publication of his early short storie...
Schelling’s Niobe
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Ulysses S. Grant: Chronic Malaria and the myth of his alcoholism.
Published in Journal of medical biography
Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War general and twice-elected President of the United States, was highly respected in late-19th century America. Gradually however, it became the conventional wisdom that he was an alcoholic who had only succeeded as a general by using overwhelming force. This change began with his political enemies and those who resented hi...
‘Our Roots Run Deep’: Historical Myths as Culturally Evolved Technologies for Coalitional Recruitment
Abstract One of the most remarkable manifestations of social cohesion in large-scale entities is the belief in a shared, distinct and ancestral past. Human communities around the world take pride in their ancestral roots, commemorate their long history of shared experiences, and celebrate the distinctiveness of their historical trajectory. Why do h...
