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Abstract This essay proposes an interpretation of the relationship between law, violence, and justice based on Walter Benjamin’s work ‘Critique of Violence.’ I argue that, in the essay, the three terms are sustaine...

Film studies is an academic discipline that delves into a variety of theoretical, historical, and critical viewpoints on cinema, viewing it as both an art form and a means of communication. It provides multiple approache...

Climate change, as a defining crisis of the twenty-first century, challenges ecosystems, displaces communities, and unsettles established human-nature hierarchies. Literature has responded through climate fiction, where ...

In text below the author would like to take this opportunity to raise the issue of the possibility of presenting during Latin lessons wide range of information relating to the myths and legends of Ancient Greece and Ro...

The role and the place of the artistic truth and artistic speculation are a promising area of theoretical and practical explorations. The focus of this study is on the mythical-poetic hologram of the human body as a spec...

Background/Aim: Myths related to oral diseases and oral health-related practices are very common among the population. Inadequate knowledge along with the persisting myths regarding the etiology, course and outcome of or...

This article explores the construction of Europe’s image through the interplay of myth, iconography and cartography, demonstrating how these visual and narrative devices contribute to the formation of the European coll...

The article dwells on the problem of the iconic-conventional synergy of a myth. The myth is seen as a concept with a multifunctional status, blurred by identification attempts. Conceptual usage emphasizes its overlapping...

The purpose of this article is to convey an authentic portrait of Martin Luther as a church reformer. In its first part, this paper deals with history. The author classifies the story of Luther’s publishing of indulgen...

Este ensaio procura analisar como o mito de Roma foi utilizado por Mussolini para criar uma "especificidade" fascista que coincidisse com uma "especificidade" da nação italiana. Práticas rituais, gestos, valores, sím...

The present articles goal is to reveal the mythical aura of the parliamentary electoral mechanism, specific to the 2008 and 2012 elections. The four analysed myths are: the myth of the political panacea, the myth of the ...

In a couple of different works, Jan Patočka discusses the possibility of building a new paradise on earth, relating it to myths of a primeval paradise as well as some works by Dostoevsky. In some of Patočka’s writing...

The purpose of this research is to discuss the role of myth in human culture, to define and specify its main functions. The goal is to show that being part of a cultural heritage, myths are an essential part of human cul...

Ukrainian literature in emigration is part of the Ukrainian cultural heritage. Its analysis shows that, unlike Soviet Ukrainian literature, it enhanced the importance of the national idea proclaimed by T. Shevchenko. The...

This article analyses two stories by women writers (The Heads of Cerberus by Francis Stevens (1952) and The Breakthrough by Daphne du Maurier (1964)), which could both be considered as belonging to the genre of science f...

INTRODUCTION. The relevance of the study lies in the examination of the specifics of the Yugra text as a local hypertext, as well as the identification of the features of the mythological consciousness of Yugra writers b...

For some years now, an increasing number of philosophers have been holding that what is given in perception are the physical objects of our surroundings. This is the view called, among others names, “the Relational Vie...

Andrea Orzoff: Battle for the Castle. The Myth of Czechoslovakia in Europe, 1914–1948. Oxford – New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. 286 stran.

In this paper, I explore anthropological interpretations of myths. Myths have fascinated scholars in various disciplines - as well as ordinary people. They have recorded and presented history, expounded philosophical ide...

Abstract Expressionism can be seen as a valid expression of the crisis of ‘Modern Man’ and, as a result, it assumed a central role in the cultural debate of its time. Within this crisis can be situated a new form o...

Background: Creatine is one of the most commonly used ergogenic supplements. However, many myths and misconceptions about creatine supplementation regarding renal function are still popular even among medical professiona...

Recenze: Herfried Münkler: Die Deutschen und Ihre Mythen. Berlin: Rowohlt 2009, 605 stran.

The main aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the government’s social security cover on support and healthcare and its impact on quality of life of elderly in Brazil. We examine discursively in a quali...

In article approach to studying of structure of mythological representations of mountaineers during an era of modernization and globalization of a way of life is considered. The Psikhologo-historical foreshortening of th...