INTERPRETATION OF BANG: POTENTIALS OF OBSERVING CONTEMPORARY COSMOGONY AS A MYTHICAL NARRATIVE
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https://doi.org/10.2298/GEI2101187TKeywords:
cosmology, cosmogony, popular cosmology, secular myth, culture war, AnthropologyAbstract
The text provides a summary of the arguments that justify the anthropological pursuit of modern cosmology, especially its receptive and popular expression. It proposes theoretical observation of popular cosmology, especially its cosmogonic segment, as a form of modern secularized myth that contains the characteristics of a conventional folklore narrative. It provides a short set of ideas that contextualize popular cosmology into a culture war waged by certain Christian theologians and secular philosophers at the turn of the millennium. The paper points out potentials of the anthropological perspective of popular cosmology.
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