At the nexus of philosophy and politics, of culture and law, Calvin Fromm focuses on a child of the crisis: the political myth. He examines the potential of political myths to both legitimise and delegitimise the state and its laws. In doing so, the author follows Ernst Cassirer, a highly influential cultural philosopher of the 20th century, who presented one of the first analyses of the totalitarian German state and its mythical founda-tions during his exile in the USA. The aim of the book is to bring his findings into the present. For this pur-pose, the author makes use of his experience in both law and philosophy.
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Publication year
2025
Publication date
25.09.2025
ISBN-Print
978-3-68900-432-3
ISBN-Online
978-3-68900-433-0
Publisher
Tectum, Baden-Baden
Series
Young Academics: Philosophie
Volume
9
Language
German
Pages
114
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Vorwort No access
Das retardierende Moment politischer Mythen No access Pages 1 - 6
1. Animal symbolicum No access
2. Symbolische Formen No access
3. Retardierendes Moment No access
1. Liberaler Rechtsstaat No access
a) Antike als Hochphase No access
b) Mittelalter als Übergang No access
c) Neuzeitlicher Niedergang No access
d) Atavismus der Moderne No access
e) Republik der Kultur No access
3. Delegitimation durch Mythen No access
1. Gesellschaftliche Akteure No access
2. Politische Narrative No access
3. Verschwörungstheorien No access
1. Totalitärer Unrechtsstaat No access
2. Legitimation durch Mythen No access
3. Delegitimation durch Mythen No access
V. Zusammenfassung No access Pages 91 - 94
Literatur- und Quellenverzeichnis No access Pages 95 - 110
Danksagung No access Pages 111 - 112
Personenverzeichnis No access Pages 113 - 114
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