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In Quest of a Possible Re-Enchantment of the World Reflections on Schelling's Study on the Deities of Samothrace

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK, UK

This article introduces the significance of the mythic tradition for modern theorizing, through a discussion of Schelling's study on the Deities of Samothrace. It argues that the mythic tradition constitutes a relatively unthematized legacy offering large resources for the investigation of the inscrutable aspects of human consciousness and the unconscious and their relation to the world. In particular, it extracts theoretical conclusions deriving from the specific traits of the myths and cult-practices of the Deities of Samothrace, which open new horizons as far the notion of cognitive experience is concerned. This is undertaken with a view to challenging both Enlightenment conceptual models and traditional mythological ones, thereby opening the problematic for a new re-enchantment of the world.

Key Words: conceptual thought • Enlightenment • mythic • mythological • reenchantment

European Journal of Social Theory, Vol. 4, No. 3, 295-310 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/13684310122225136


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