THE CLASSIC MYTHOLOGY AND POLITICAL REGIME
THE CLASSIC MYTHOLOGY AND POLITICAL REGIME

Summary/Abstract: This paper focuses on the relationship of myth with the ancient regime and on the transformation of poetic wisdom into poetic politics. The basic idea of this study claims that the political life in ancient communities was been projected into a mythology, and, in turn, a mythology often legitimizes political life. By reading Plato’s Timaeus and Novalis’ Heinrich von Afterdingen, this study aims to bring out the connection between the ancient and modern political regimes.

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