O micie politycznym w kontekście symbolizmu Ernsta Cassirera

• Authors: Marta Ples

Title variants

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ABOUT THE POLITICAL MYTH IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CASSIRER’S SYMBOLISM

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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The article presents Ernst Cassirer’s concept of the myth of state in the context of his philosophy of symbolic forms, influenced by the critical philosophy of Immanuel Kant and by the philosophy of Marburg neo-Kantianism. Ernst Cassirer believed that language, myth, art, religion, history, science – all the forms of representation that human beings use – are symbolic. Human being, defined as an animal symbolicum, exist in the universe of symbolic meaning. Myth is primitive manifestation of symbolic meaning. In his last major work – The Myth of the State, Cassirer concerns the idea of a totalitarian state as a modern political myth.

Keywords

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CASSIRER; MYTH; STATE; SYMBOLIC FORMS; POLITICAL MYTH

• Publisher: Oficyna Wydawnicza Epigram
• Journal: Filo-Sofija
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 2(11)
• Pages: 73-91

Contributors

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Marta Ples