Language and Myth
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"Language and Myth" is a philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that explores how language and symbolic forms shape and express mythological thought.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Language and Myth canonical | 3 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| argues |
language shapes mythological worldviews
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myth and language are interdependent symbolic systems ⓘ myth is a symbolic form mediated by language ⓘ |
| author | Ernst Cassirer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| examines |
formation of mythical images
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relation between ritual and mythic language ⓘ role of metaphor in myth ⓘ symbolic function of words in myth ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
relationship between language and myth
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structure of mythic consciousness ⓘ symbolic representation in myth ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophy
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philosophy of culture ⓘ |
| hasAuthorProfession |
neo-Kantian thinker
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philosopher ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | Language and Myth self-link ⓘ |
| hasPerspectiveOn |
language as constitutive of experience
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myth as a mode of world-disclosure ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century philosophy of culture
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philosophy of symbolic forms ⓘ structuralist approaches to myth ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
German idealism
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Immanuel Kant ⓘ Neo-Kantian epistemology ⓘ Wilhelm von Humboldt ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
mythical thought
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mythology ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ symbolic forms ⓘ |
| movement | Neo-Kantianism ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| partOf | Cassirer’s philosophy of symbolic forms ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Marburg School ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms
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linguistic relativity in mythic contexts ⓘ philosophy of myth ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
scholarly commentary in cultural studies
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scholarly commentary in literary theory ⓘ scholarly commentary in philosophy of religion ⓘ |
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