Indications of mythical thought in Walter Benjamin
While disputing the supposed overcoming of myth in the modern world and the validity of the mythos-logos dichotomy, this paper suggests an approximation between the categories of mythical thought enumerated by Ernst Cassirer and the work of Walter Benjamin, represented here especially by the author’...
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| description | While disputing the supposed overcoming of myth in the modern world and the validity of the mythos-logos dichotomy, this paper suggests an approximation between the categories of mythical thought enumerated by Ernst Cassirer and the work of Walter Benjamin, represented here especially by the author’s youthful writings, which make up his philosophy of language. More precisely, other essays and books of his will be resorted to in order to suggest this thinker’s abundance of material as a profitable field for the study of myth. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7cf01f5638eb46d6b5a3b228090ac9172022-12-22T03:12:13ZdeuUniversidade de São PauloPandaemonium Germanicum: Revista de Estudos Germanísticos1414-19061982-88372018-02-012134Indications of mythical thought in Walter BenjaminGeorg OtteBianka Teixeira de Andrade SilvaWhile disputing the supposed overcoming of myth in the modern world and the validity of the mythos-logos dichotomy, this paper suggests an approximation between the categories of mythical thought enumerated by Ernst Cassirer and the work of Walter Benjamin, represented here especially by the author’s youthful writings, which make up his philosophy of language. More precisely, other essays and books of his will be resorted to in order to suggest this thinker’s abundance of material as a profitable field for the study of myth.https://www.revistas.usp.br/pg/article/view/143827Benjaminmythical thoughtCassirer. |
| spellingShingle | Georg Otte Bianka Teixeira de Andrade Silva Indications of mythical thought in Walter Benjamin Pandaemonium Germanicum: Revista de Estudos Germanísticos Benjamin mythical thought Cassirer. |
| title | Indications of mythical thought in Walter Benjamin |
| title_full | Indications of mythical thought in Walter Benjamin |
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| title_short | Indications of mythical thought in Walter Benjamin |
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| topic | Benjamin mythical thought Cassirer. |
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