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The Myth of Europe - Hatto Fischer

 

                  

                   Design and myth of the European flag

• The Myth of Europe - Hatto Fischer
  • The Myth of Unity through Culture
  • Enlightenment and Myth
  • The philosophical realm of myths
  • Cultural Actions for Europe
  • The poetic sense for realities in myths
  • Conclusion

   

• Introduction

Ever since Hegel said, that people without myth are blind, there has been in Europe a justification for mendacity (Martin Jay). Hegel derived his thesis in a variation of Kant having said that "concepts without perception are blind." Yet how people see reality depends whether or not the stories they tell to each other, reveal human pain and thereby touches the pain of others. Only then can the ethics of seeing be combined with good practices leading on to human solidarity. What follows is a reflection of the underlining thesis that whatever concept of myth is in use, Europe needs an active culture of the present to take things forward.

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