The Myth of Melusine and its Relation to Totalitarian Ideology
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11240/25:10513592
Result on the web
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Myth of Melusine and its Relation to Totalitarian Ideology
Original language description
The article focuses on the medieval Melusine myth and its evolution across the centuries. We explore the return of this figure in early German romanticism and the 20th century avantgarde and its significance in distorting the narrative of human dominance. In a more general sense the article explores the ambivalent notion of totality or wholeness on one side in relation to the new mythology of art, literature and philosophy, and on the other the totalitarian ideologies that likewise instrumentalized myth. As a figure of the natural, irrational, and excluded, Melusine opposes patriarchal order and carries the promise of renewal after war. Her return signals reconciliation with what society banishes. By situating this myth in the context of new mythology and 20th century myth-making and by foregrounding the tension between wholeness and totality, the article highlights neglected aspects of the Melusine revival and clarifies the myth's role in modernity.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>ost</sub> - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Symphilosophie
ISSN
2704-8152
e-ISSN
2704-8152
Volume of the periodical
2025
Issue of the periodical within the volume
7
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
28
Pages from-to
285-312
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
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