Ep. 291: Cassirer and Langer on Myth and Ritual (Part One)

from The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast · host Mark Linsenmayer

Subscribe to get Part 2 of this episode. Listen to a preview. Hear this part ad-free. On Ernst Cassirer's An Essay on Man (1944), ch. 6-7, and Susanne Langer's Philosophy in a New Key (1942), ch. 6-7. Why do people produce ritual, mythology, and religion? According to our authors, these are spontaneous, symbolic modes of self-expression. They're not opposed to rational, scientific thought, but are necessary preconditions for it. The post Ep. 291: Cassirer and Langer on Myth and Ritual (Part One) first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast.

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