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Frameworks of Archaic and Traditional Thinking
Frameworks of Archaic and Traditional Thinking

Author(s): Raluca Soare, Anca-Elena David
Subject(s): Anthropology, Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Ancient Philosphy, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Eon – Asociație pentru Promovarea Culturii, Artei, Educației și Cercetării Științifice
Keywords: anthropology; knowledge; archaic; myth; traditional; transcendence;

Summary/Abstract: Approaching this topic appears as a necessity at a time when the loss of simple meanings is felt more and more acutely, hence the numerous confusions and sterile discussions about the archaic, mythical, wild, prelogical, unhistorical, etc. These discussions automatically place archaic thinking in an outdated spiritual phase of the human gender, which stirs a kind smile, at its best. Constantly subjected to an empirical-neutral approach and strictly horizontal observation, archaic thought is regarded as a primitive form of science and religion, a kind of childhood of thought that has not yet reached the maturity of knowledge and understanding.

  • Issue Year: 4/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 177-195
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: English