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'The Classic Collection of Bronisław Malinowski: Illustrated'showcases a compilation of influential works by the renowned anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski. This anthology includes illustrated editions of some of Malinowski's most seminal writings, such as'Argonauts of the Western Pacific,''Myth in Primitive Psychology,''Freedom & Civilization,''Magic, Science and Religion,'and other essays. In'Argonauts of the Western Pacific,'Malinowski provides a groundbreaking ethnographic study of the Trobriand Islanders, offering insights into their social organization, economic practices, and rituals surrounding the Kula exchange.'Myth in Primitive Psychology'delves into the role of myth and ritual in the psychology of indigenous peoples, exploring how these cultural expressions serve to address fundamental human needs and anxieties.'Freedom & Civilization'offers philosophical reflections on the relationship between individual freedom and societal structure, drawing on anthropological insights to illuminate the complexities of human civilization.'Magic, Science and Religion'presents a series of essays that examine the interplay between magic, science, and religion in human societies, challenging prevailing Western assumptions about these phenomena. Through vivid illustrations, this edition enhances the reader's understanding and appreciation of Malinowski's seminal contributions to anthropology and social science. Whether delving into the intricacies of Trobriand society or exploring broader themes of culture, belief, and society,'The Classic Collection of Bronisław Malinowski'offers readers a captivating journey through the work of one of the most influential anthropologists of the 20th century. Contents: Argonauts of the Western Pacific Crime and Custom in Savage Society Myth in Primitive Psychology Sex and Repression in Savage Society Freedom & Civilization Magic, Science and Religion and Other Essays Baloma; the Spirits of the Dead in the Trobriand Islands

'The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms is one of the landmarks of twentieth century philosophy. Drawing from the influential work of Wilhelm Dilthey, it transformed neo-Kantianism into a new robust philosophy of culture. The second volume, on Mythical Thinking, analyzes the fundamental layers of perception and expression as well as the articulations with religion and the dialectic with other forms, essentially language and art.The intellectual breadth of the volume is remarkable. It initiated the debate with Martin Heidegger and prompted a long-lasting meditation by Hans Blumenberg. We are only beginning to recognize its importance for our understanding of the power of images in the construction of aesthetics, the self, and the socio-political world. It initiated a discussion within French sociology (Émile Durkheim, Marcel Mauss) that ultimately resurfaced in Pierre Bourdieu, while today it is considered as a resourceful path for cultural and critical theory (Drucilla Cornell and Kenneth M. Panfilio). Finally, this volume also offers solid grounds for a political critique of Nazism - specifically: Alfred Rosenberg's Myth of the 20th Century and Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf - as well as the new emerging totalitarian ideologies.'Fabien Capeilleres, Professor of Philosophy, editor of the French edition of Cassirer's Works.This new translation makes Cassirer's seminal work available to a new generation of scholars. Each volume includes a translator's introduction by Steve G. Lofts, a foreword by Peter E. Gordon, a glossary of key terms, and an index.

“In his Phenomenology of Cognition, Cassirer provides a comprehensive and systematic account of the dynamic process involved in the whole of human culture as it progresses from the world of myth and its feeling of social belonging to the highest abstractions of mathematics, logic and theoretical physics. Cassirer engages with the most sophisticated and cutting-edge work in fields ranging from ethnology to classics, egyptology and assyriology to ethology, brain science and psychology to logic, mathematics and theoretical physics. His command of philosophy, literature, and the arts is superb.Echoing his work on Kant, Cassirer begins The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms with the problem posed by the meaning of being for philosophy since Plato. But Cassirer also shows that this problem gains new significance with Kant and with the development of modern culture. Cassirer weaves his conception of the development of knowledge into a broadly Kantian and German idealist dynamic-historical conception of significance and of experience that refuses to accept a fundamental opposition between literary, philosophical and scientific culture. In consequence of his great vision grounded in careful reflection and argument, Cassirer's systematic conception of the Copernican cosmopolitan-cosmological revolution is still philosophically and scientifically unmatched in contemporary philosophy on both sides of the Atlantic and of the Pacific.”Pierre Keller, Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Riverside, USA.This new translation makes Cassirer's seminal work available to a new generation of scholars. Each volume includes a translator's introduction by Steve G. Lofts, a foreword by Peter E. Gordon, a glossary of key terms, and an index.

'The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms is a milestone in twentieth century philosophy. Promoting a philosophical vision informed by Kant, it incorporates the philosophical advances achieved in the nineteenth century by German Idealism and Neo-Kantianism, whilst acknowledging the contributions made by his contemporary phenomenologists. It also encompasses empirical and historical research on culture and the most contemporary work on myth, linguistics and psychopathology. As such, it ranks in philosophical importance along with other major works of the twentieth century, such as Edmund Husserl's Logical Investigations, Martin Heidegger's Being and Time, and Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus.In the first volume, Cassirer explores the symbolic form of language. Already recognized by thinkers in the tradition of German Idealism, such as Wilhelm von Humboldt, language is the primary medium by which we interact with others and form a common world. As Cassirer emphasizes in the famous Davos Debate with Heidegger,'there is one objective human world, in which a bridge is built from individual to individual. That I find in the primal phenomenon of language.'The famous trias Cassirer discerns in the functioning of language – the functions of expression (Ausdruck), presentation (Darstellung), and signification (Bedeutung) – has become paradigmatic for accounts of language, philosophical, linguistic, and anthropological alike.'Sebastian Luft, Professor of Philosophy, Marquette University, USA.This new translation makes Cassirer's seminal work available to a new generation of scholars. Each volume includes a translator's introduction by Steve G. Lofts, a foreword by Peter E. Gordon, a glossary of key terms, and an index.

Segunda parte de la obra cumbre de Ernst Cassirer, el presente volumen emprende la crítica de la conciencia mítica, paso esencial de lo que ya Kant llamaba'revolución copernicana'en el más amplio contexto.

Panorama de los fenómenos de la esfera lingüística particular como de la estructura de otras variedades lingüísticas, fiel al propósito de establecer las bases de la ciencia general del hombre.

The anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss was one of the greatest intellectuals of the twentieth century. His work has had a profound impact not only within anthropology but also linguistics, sociology and philosophy. In this short book he examines the nature and role of myth in human history, distilling a lifetime of writing into a few sharp insights. It is a crystalline overview of many of the basic ideas underlying his work, including the theory of structuralism and the difference between'primitive'and'scientific'thought and shows why Levi-Strauss remains a hugely important intellectual figure.With a new foreword by Patrick Wilcken.

Anaconda Canoe concludes a remarkable spiritual journey undertaken in volumes one and two, in which Turtle dives to the floor of the abyss to recover hidden intuitions about the world in a journey from ignorance to knowledge, darkness to light, from paradise lost to paradise regained. This third and final volume derives from an Amazonian myth in which, on the first morning of the world, a woman of defining importance for religion and culture ascends the primeval river in an Anaconda Canoe. As she ascends it we cannot but acknowledge her as a kind of Cortez, Ishmael, Kurtz or Jonah, come to challenge us in our most fundamental beliefs about ourselves and our universe. From the classical-Christian shores of Europe and the Mediterranean, to the farther reaches of Africa, Asia, Australia and the Americas, John Moriarty trawls the deeps of world literatures, mythology and sacred texts. The metaphoric richness in which his work is elaborated lends Anaconda Canoe, and this entire trilogy, its power to arouse and re-open the road to civilization and culture, establishing Moriarty as a major contemporary figure in Irish literature. As Thomas Mann said of The Magic Mountain, ‘This is a book of departure, its service is to life, its will is to health, its goal is the future'.

JOHN MORIARTY (1938-2007), Kerry-born poet, mystic and philosopher, has been hailed as one of the most original thinkers and writers to have emerged from Ireland in recent decades. Opening a way into John Moriarty's complex work through Guo Xi's painting Early Spring, this Reader reveals the extraordinary nature of Moriarty's thought. It draws on key passages from Moriarty's first publication, Dreamtime (1994/2011), and progresses through his subsequent landmark books, The Turtle Trilogy (1996–98), Nostos (2001)and ‘What the Curlew Said‘ (2007), weaving together the most seminal passages from each. A Moriarty Reader serves as an excellent introductory text for those unfamiliar with his writings and illuminates unacknowledged aspects of his thinking for those already familiar with his work. There is a foreword by hospice movement founder Dr Michael Kearney, and a glossary, name and subject index provide interpretive keys to aspects of the work. The Reader highlights Moriarty's deft ability to challenge and bring into question habitual modes of Western thought and perception; his willingness and courage to act as a cultural shaman for Western humanity; his innovative philomythical and metanoetic search for wisdom and truth, and his astonishingly original interpretation of scripture. Bearing witness to his genius, this book reveals Moriarty to be one of Ireland's and Europe's most significant writers, an image-thinker of the highest rank, who warrants serious attention. ‘A Moriarty Reader'encompasses a broad spectrum of historical cultures, but its focus on Moby-Dick (Pequod Culture) and Native American stories in particular will profoundly resonate with an international audience. Cohering around the Daoist-inspired painting of the title, this work will set the tone for Moriarty's panethnic adventure in philosophy, myth and religion.

Myth is not a remote subject, restricted to the limited intellect of'pre-logical'man. The question'What is man?'is an ancient one. It is also a recent one, still unanswered in the impasse of our sciences. Wherever and whenever human beings are alive, there are creators of myth among them. Kees Bolle singles out one group as having the most significant'say'in the formation of myths: the mystics, who epitomize the common urge for a simplicity beyond the whirlpool of personal existences. And, surprisingly, the author finds that the study of humor provides a great deal of insight into the study of religious traditions.

Die dreibändige »Philosophie der symbolischen Formen« ist das herausragende Werk, in dem Cassirer die Transformation der traditionellen Transzendentalphilosophie zur Kulturphilosophie vollzog. An die Stelle des rein rationalen Erkennens, dem in der Philosophie der Neuzeit immer ein Primat zukam, tritt die Pluralität von symbolischen Formen, in denen sich jeweils eine spezifische Spontaneität des menschlichen Geistes bekundet. Der zweite Teil der »Philosophie der symbolischen Formen« beschäftigt sich mit der philosophischen Analyse der Form des Mythos vom Standpunkt des Systems der geistigen Ausdrucksformen aus. Die Strukturbetrachtung zielt auf eine Bestimmung sowohl des eigentümlichen Sinnes als auch der Grenze dieser Form. Im Gegensatz zu dem verbreiteten Vorurteil der objektiven Nichtigkeit und somit Irrelevanz für die Philosophie kommt dem Mythos nach Cassirer eine besondere Bedeutung zu, wenn man sich die »Genesis der Grundformen der geistigen Kultur« vor Augen führt.

La'mythologie de la parole'(logomythie) ne vise ni les mythes dans la langue ni ceux portant sur la langue et encore moins le mythe comme une langue, mais les mythes produits par l'accroche du sujet dans la parole lors de l'exercice du discours. Elle peut être comprise comme la prise de conscience progressive du fait que nommer le mythe ne tue pas le mythe. Elle débouche sur une réflexion portant sur les conditions historiques de production du sens dans les discours métaphysique et scientifique.

This study explains how the myths of Greece and Rome were transmitted from antiquity to the Renaissance. Luc Brisson argues that philosophy was ironically responsible for saving myth from historical annihilation. Although philosophy was initially critical of myth because it could not be declared true or false and because it was inferior to argumentation, mythology was progressively reincorporated into philosophy through allegorical exegesis. Brisson shows to what degree allegory was employed among philosophers and how it enabled myth to take on a number of different interpretive systems throughout the centuries: moral, physical, psychological, political, and even metaphysical. How Philosophers Saved Myths also describes how, during the first years of the modern era, allegory followed a more religious path, which was to assume a larger role in Neoplatonism. Ultimately, Brisson explains how this embrace of myth was carried forward by Byzantine thinkers and artists throughout the Middle Ages and Renaissance; after the triumph of Chistianity, Brisson argues, myths no longer had to agree with just history and philosophy but the dogmas of the Church as well.

Mythen dienen der Bewältigung praktischer gesellschaftlicher Probleme, sie bieten Anleitungen zum poietischen und praktisch-politischen Handeln - dies bildet das einigende Band der im vorliegenden Buch versammelten Beiträge.