In Re lections on Violence, Georges Sorel (ZHORZH "so"-REL) argues that the "social" variant of this concept, rather than dialectical materialism, is the foundation for the "general strike.
In The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms, Ernst Cassirer argued that this concept is a symbolic form characterized by an absence of "representational function," so that the name of a thing is the thing itself. In a series of debates, Rudolf Bultmann's distinction between this concept and the kerygma (keh-RIG-mah), or "proclamation," was challenged by Karl Jaspers (YAH-"spurs"). In Dialectic of Enlightenment, Theodor Adorno argues that this concept already is Enlightenment, and Enlightenment inevitably returns to this concept. In Re lections on Violence, Georges Sorel (ZHORZH "so"-REL) argues that the "social" variant of this concept, rather than dialectical materialism, is the foundation for the "general strike." The "Spindle of Necessity" assigns souls to their next lives in a passage commonly named for this type of construct that appears at the end of Plato's Republic. Religious scholar Mircea Eliade (MEER-"chia" ell-ee-AH-day) argues that participation in this construct allows for the "eternal return." For 10 points, give this term for an archetypal story, such as those of Oedipus and Sisyphus.
In The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms, Ernst Cassirer argued that this concept is a symbolic form characterized by an absence of "representational function," so that the name of a thing is the thing itself.
mythology [prompt on stories or legends]