Excursus I: Odysseus or Myth and Enlightenment
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"Excursus I: Odysseus or Myth and Enlightenment" is a key philosophical essay by Adorno and Horkheimer that interprets the figure of Odysseus as embodying the ambivalent relationship between myth and rationality in modern enlightenment thought.
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| Excursus I: Odysseus or Myth and Enlightenment canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Excursus I: Odysseus or Myth and Enlightenment Context triple: [Dialectic of Enlightenment, hasPart, Excursus I: Odysseus or Myth and Enlightenment]
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Let Us Compare Mythologies
Let Us Compare Mythologies is Leonard Cohen’s debut poetry collection, first published in 1956, which explores themes of love, religion, and identity in his early literary voice.
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Homerische Untersuchungen
"Homerische Untersuchungen" is a scholarly work of classical philology that critically examines the authorship, composition, and historical development of the Homeric epics.
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Illustrations to Homer’s Odyssey
Illustrations to Homer’s Odyssey is a celebrated series of neoclassical outline engravings by John Flaxman that visually interpret scenes from Homer’s epic poem.
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The Hero as Poet
"The Hero as Poet" is a lecture by Thomas Carlyle that explores the poet as a heroic figure whose imaginative vision and expressive power shape culture and history.
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Prolegomena ad Homerum
Prolegomena ad Homerum is Friedrich August Wolf’s groundbreaking 1795 philological study that challenged the traditional view of Homeric authorship and helped found modern classical scholarship.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: Excursus I: Odysseus or Myth and Enlightenment Target entity description: "Excursus I: Odysseus or Myth and Enlightenment" is a key philosophical essay by Adorno and Horkheimer that interprets the figure of Odysseus as embodying the ambivalent relationship between myth and rationality in modern enlightenment thought.
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A.
Let Us Compare Mythologies
Let Us Compare Mythologies is Leonard Cohen’s debut poetry collection, first published in 1956, which explores themes of love, religion, and identity in his early literary voice.
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B.
Homerische Untersuchungen
"Homerische Untersuchungen" is a scholarly work of classical philology that critically examines the authorship, composition, and historical development of the Homeric epics.
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C.
Illustrations to Homer’s Odyssey
Illustrations to Homer’s Odyssey is a celebrated series of neoclassical outline engravings by John Flaxman that visually interpret scenes from Homer’s epic poem.
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D.
The Hero as Poet
"The Hero as Poet" is a lecture by Thomas Carlyle that explores the poet as a heroic figure whose imaginative vision and expressive power shape culture and history.
-
E.
Prolegomena ad Homerum
Prolegomena ad Homerum is Friedrich August Wolf’s groundbreaking 1795 philological study that challenged the traditional view of Homeric authorship and helped found modern classical scholarship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chapter
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philosophical essay ⓘ |
| analyzesEpisode |
Odysseus and Polyphemus
NERFINISHED
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Odysseus and the Sirens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| argumentSummary |
Enlightenment rationality emerges from myth but also reproduces mythic domination in a new form
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Odysseus exemplifies the split between commanding subject and subjugated body NERFINISHED ⓘ The cunning of Odysseus anticipates the calculative, instrumental reason of modern society ⓘ |
| author |
Max Horkheimer
NERFINISHED
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Theodor W. Adorno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
identity of myth and enlightenment
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renunciation ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ self-preservation ⓘ |
| conceptualPair |
freedom and domination
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myth and rationality ⓘ subject and object ⓘ |
| critiques |
bourgeois rationality
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instrumentalization of reason ⓘ |
| discipline |
literary criticism
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philosophy ⓘ social theory ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
contemporary literary theory
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critical theory of culture ⓘ philosophy of the enlightenment ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
German idealism
NERFINISHED
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Marxism NERFINISHED ⓘ psychoanalysis ⓘ |
| interpretsCharacterAs |
figure of self-preservation through cunning
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prototype of the modern bourgeois individual ⓘ |
| interpretsWork | Homer's Odyssey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Odysseus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalPublicationContext | exile of the authors in the United States during World War II ⓘ |
| partOf | Dialectic of Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Frankfurt School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Critical Theory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1944 ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
enlightenment reverts to mythology
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myth as already enlightenment ⓘ |
| settingOfAnalysis | ancient Greek epic ⓘ |
| theme |
ambivalence of enlightenment
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bourgeois subjectivity ⓘ domination of nature ⓘ enlightenment ⓘ instrumental reason ⓘ myth ⓘ rationality ⓘ |
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