Мифология как дисциплина на рубеже XVIII-XIX вв.: предпосылки и основания становления

SocioTime (Социальное время). 2015. № 1. С. 128–139.

Shalaeva A.

This paper seeks to establish German Romanticism preconditions as the foundation of the humanities as a discipline. The research enquires into the ideas that were crucial for the formation of mythology as a discipline. The research explores the role of the Philhellenistic movement, Classicism and Enlightenment of the late 18th century in the formation of science of myth and symbol. The findings of the research illustrate the impact of the different positions in the debates surrounding mythology in the conceptual bases that formed German Romanticism and German Idealism. As Creuzer, one of the most discussed mythologists of the early 19th century, was studying the symbolism and mythology of the ancients, he was acutely influenced by the late 18th century’s ideas. We suggest that this fact is crucial for the interpretation of the history of mythology as a subject and as a discipline.

Keywords: просвещение, символика, история гуманитарных наук, enlightenment, classicism, классицизм, Крейцер, symbolism, history of humanities, немецкий романтизм, German romanticism, Georg Friedrich Creuzer, mythology as a discipline, мифология как дисциплина

Publication based on the results of: «Символика…» Г.Ф. Крейцера и крах мифологии как дисциплины на рубеже XVIII-XIX вв. (2014)