AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF POPULAR COSMOLOGY
AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF POPULAR COSMOLOGY

Author(s): Milan Tomašević
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences
Published by: Етнографски институт САНУ
Keywords: popular science; the cosmological narrative; myth; folklore; philosophy of science; purpose; sense; secular myth
Summary/Abstract: This paper represents a short, informative essay on current research into the connections between popular culture, science, religion and anthropology. Using the example of popular cosmology, it points to the relationship between identity, science, philosophy and religion within the framework of contemporary Western society. It also points to the significance of semiotic analysis of the popular cosmological narrative and the possibility of interpreting this narrative as a form of folklore. Furthermore, it emphasizes the social significance of popular science as such, within the contexts of the science and culture wars at the turn of the century.

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