Cassirer and Langer on Myth | An Introduction | William Schultz | Tayl

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Cassirer and Langer on Myth

ABSTRACT

This book provides a detailed overview of the approach by two of the leading philosophical theorists of myth.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

part |247 pages

Myth in Cassirer's Philosophy of Symbolic Forms

chapter |14 pages

Myth in Cassirer's Life and Career

An Overview of Cassirer's Theory

chapter |38 pages

Myth Starts a Philosophy of Culture

Assumptions, Methods, and Goals

chapter |28 pages

Myth Is a Worldview, Part 1

Its Symbolism in Perception and Imagination

chapter |34 pages

Myth Is a Worldview, Part 2

The Structure of Behavior: Space, Time, and Number

chapter |43 pages

Myth Is a Worldview, Part 3

The Structure of Behavior: Cause, Thing, and Soul/I

chapter |30 pages

Myth Is a Worldview, Part 4

The Evolution of Mythical Thinking

chapter |14 pages

Myth Has a Permanent Power

A Universal Function of Human Activity

chapter |19 pages

Myth Recurs and Progresses

Toward an Ideal Limit of Knowledge

chapter |23 pages

Myth Affects Modern Life

The Application of the Theory

part |98 pages

Myth in Langer's Philosophy of Human Feeling

chapter |16 pages

Myth in Langer's Life and Career

The Quest for the Roots of Myth

chapter |23 pages

Myth Is in “a New Key”

A Type of Symbolism Like Art and Music

chapter |8 pages

Myth Is a “Form of Feeling”

A Definition through a Symbolic Theory of Art

chapter |22 pages

Myth Has a Biological Basis

The Underlying Physical Processes

chapter |14 pages

The Global Society Needs Myth

Its Solutions to Problems of Modern Life

chapter |12 pages

Judging the Two Theories

Their Influence and Places in History