Mythopoetic imagination as a source of critique and reconstruction: alternative storylines about our place in cosmos

Temporal reflexivity requires that we recognize consciousness, society and history as mythopoetically constituted. Mythopoetic imagination can also be a means of critique of the prevailing myths. In complex pluralist societies, there are hegemonic struggles over constitutive myths, shaping both our...

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Main Author: Heikki Patomäki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Big History Association 2019-07-01
Series:Journal of Big History
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Online Access:https://jbh.journals.villanova.edu/index.php/JBH/article/view/2463