Le leggi della formazione del mito nel pensiero di E. Burnett Tylor
The aim of this article is to reinterpret Tylor’s reflection on myth, avoiding what Stocking defines as a presentist approach. I will try to contextualize the vision of the Victorian Author firstly by saying that he was neither a direct descendent of Darwin nor even an evolutionist. Secondly, I wil...
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The aim of this article is to reinterpret Tylor’s reflection on myth, avoiding what Stocking defines as a presentist approach. I will try to contextualize the vision of the Victorian Author firstly by saying that he was neither a direct descendent of Darwin nor even an evolutionist. Secondly, I will try to demonstrate that the continuist perspective of the relationship between myth and science, reproposed by the neo-intellectualists, can be accepted even today, provided we also emphasize the differences between the two phenomena: differences which, in substance, amount to the absence of a self-critical attitude in the builder of myths. Were such attitude present, after all, myths would not exist.
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| spelling | doaj.art-2f97b357319149738a6aa5cfda9ca5d92023-02-12T19:08:24ZengCLUEBEtnoAntropologia2284-01762018-03-0152Le leggi della formazione del mito nel pensiero di E. Burnett TylorAlessandra Ciattini0Università di Roma La Sapienza The aim of this article is to reinterpret Tylor’s reflection on myth, avoiding what Stocking defines as a presentist approach. I will try to contextualize the vision of the Victorian Author firstly by saying that he was neither a direct descendent of Darwin nor even an evolutionist. Secondly, I will try to demonstrate that the continuist perspective of the relationship between myth and science, reproposed by the neo-intellectualists, can be accepted even today, provided we also emphasize the differences between the two phenomena: differences which, in substance, amount to the absence of a self-critical attitude in the builder of myths. Were such attitude present, after all, myths would not exist. https://rivisteclueb.it/index.php/etnoantropologia/article/view/254MythE. Burnett TylorPresentismContinuism. |
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| title | Le leggi della formazione del mito nel pensiero di E. Burnett Tylor |
| title_full | Le leggi della formazione del mito nel pensiero di E. Burnett Tylor |
| title_fullStr | Le leggi della formazione del mito nel pensiero di E. Burnett Tylor |
| title_full_unstemmed | Le leggi della formazione del mito nel pensiero di E. Burnett Tylor |
| title_short | Le leggi della formazione del mito nel pensiero di E. Burnett Tylor |
| title_sort | le leggi della formazione del mito nel pensiero di e burnett tylor |
| topic | Myth E. Burnett Tylor Presentism Continuism. |
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