Nihilism and Mythology. The myth debate after WWII in the correspondence of three generations of scholars

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https://doi.org/10.7213/1980-5934.34.062.DS04

Abstract

After the Second World War, German intellectuals who opposed the Nazi regime, faced a crisis of consciousness. They were concerned with a critical analysis, which involved every aspect and even the very essence of their culture. In this contribution, I will turn my attention to some segments of this debate on myth, irrationality and nihilism within the field of classical scholarship and history of religions, approaching as samples the correspondence of three scholars, who are representative for three generations before, during and after WWII: the Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann, the Hungarian mythologist Karolyi Kerényi and the Italian mythologist Furio Jesi, theorist and critic of the right-wing culture. In the work and reflection of all these authors, Friedrich Nietzsche will play a key role .

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Carlotta Santini, Copenhagen University

Specialist in German philosophy, in particular of Friedrich Nietzsche, I am responsible for the Italian and French editions of the philological Nachlass of the philosopher. My field of research includes German cultural history from the 18th to the 20th century, with a particular focus on the reception of classical Antiquity. I work on the history of ideas and intellectual history following a strongly transdisciplinary approach, ranging from classical studies to anthropology, from philosophy to literature, to history and art history. I am currently at the University of Copenhagen with the Marie Curie project "Making national identity. The construction of Germanic Mythology in 19th century'.

Published

2022-08-22

How to Cite

Santini, C. . (2022). Nihilism and Mythology. The myth debate after WWII in the correspondence of three generations of scholars. Revista De Filosofia Aurora, 34(62). https://doi.org/10.7213/1980-5934.34.062.DS04