Arbeit am Mythos
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Arbeit am Mythos is a major philosophical work by Hans Blumenberg that examines the nature, function, and persistence of myth in human culture and thought.
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| Arbeit am Mythos canonical | 1 |
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arbeit am Mythos Context triple: [Hans Blumenberg, notableWork, Arbeit am Mythos]
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A.
On the Gods
On the Gods is a lost work of ancient scholarship by Apollodorus of Athens that likely examined Greek religious beliefs and deities.
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B.
The False Gods
"The False Gods" is a lesser-known work by American editor and author George Horace Lorimer, best remembered for his influential tenure at The Saturday Evening Post.
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C.
Mythologiques
Mythologiques is a four-volume series of anthropological works by Claude Lévi-Strauss that analyzes the structure and meaning of myths across the Americas.
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D.
The Goddess
"The Goddess" is a 1911 stage play by Indian writer and filmmaker Niranjan Pal, notable for its early exploration of nationalist and social themes in colonial India.
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E.
The Goddess
The Goddess is a 1915 American silent drama film starring Anita Stewart, produced by the Vitagraph Company of America.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arbeit am Mythos Target entity description: Arbeit am Mythos is a major philosophical work by Hans Blumenberg that examines the nature, function, and persistence of myth in human culture and thought.
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A.
On the Gods
On the Gods is a lost work of ancient scholarship by Apollodorus of Athens that likely examined Greek religious beliefs and deities.
-
B.
The False Gods
"The False Gods" is a lesser-known work by American editor and author George Horace Lorimer, best remembered for his influential tenure at The Saturday Evening Post.
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C.
Mythologiques
Mythologiques is a four-volume series of anthropological works by Claude Lévi-Strauss that analyzes the structure and meaning of myths across the Americas.
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D.
The Goddess
"The Goddess" is a 1911 stage play by Indian writer and filmmaker Niranjan Pal, notable for its early exploration of nationalist and social themes in colonial India.
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E.
The Goddess
The Goddess is a 1915 American silent drama film starring Anita Stewart, produced by the Vitagraph Company of America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | philosophical work ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
cultural studies
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literary studies ⓘ philosophy ⓘ religious studies ⓘ |
| addresses |
relationship between myth and rationality
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secularization of myth ⓘ symbolic forms in culture ⓘ |
| author | Hans Blumenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| EnglishEditionPublisher | MIT Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| EnglishTranslator | Robert M. Wallace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| examines |
function of myth
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nature of myth ⓘ persistence of myth ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
role of myth in human culture
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role of myth in human thought ⓘ |
| follows | Die Legitimität der Neuzeit ⓘ |
| genre |
intellectual history
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philosophy ⓘ philosophy of culture ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | Work on Myth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
contemporary myth theory
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literary theory on myth ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| hasReceptionIn |
Anglophone philosophy
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German-speaking philosophy ⓘ theory of myth scholarship ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
classical philology
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history of religion ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
myth as a form of world-interpretation
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myth as coping with reality ⓘ work on myth as ongoing cultural process ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
cultural theory
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history of ideas ⓘ myth ⓘ philosophy of myth ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Hans Blumenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| partOf | Hans Blumenberg bibliography ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | continental philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1979 ⓘ |
| publisher | Suhrkamp Verlag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Arbeit am Mythos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| translatedTitle | Work on Myth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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