2011, № 7

Yakovleva E.L. MYTH AS A SYMBOLIC FORM OF CULTURE: A VIEW FROM TRADITIONS AND THE PRESENT The article deals with the myth as a symbolic form of culture. Symbol is born in the myth and it serves a mandatory attribute, revealing something higher. Structural and semantic specificity of the myth is analyzed, based on the philosophy of E. Cassirer, in three main directions — as a form of thought, as a form of contemplation, as a form of life. This allows you to look at the myth from the position of tradition and the present. Key words: myth as a symbolic form, symbol, myth as a form of thought, myth as a form of contemplation, myth as a form of life, space, time, totemism, mana, glamor.

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Author: Yakovleva E.L.

Year: 2011

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