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2014, No. 1 (6), Semiotics of History

Michał Rydlewski
Homeric ekphrasis in the context of the cultural aspect of visual perception

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Keywords: Homeric ekphrasis, magical metamorphoses, culture of writing, picture, image, anthropology of picture cognition, Maciej Kociuba, Eric Havelock, Andrzej P. Kowalski

Abstract:
Starting point of the article is a one of the chapter of the book Anthropology of picture cognition wrote by Maciej Kociuba, where the author discus Homeric ekphrasis in the cognition dimension understanding in the philosophical context. An article has a polemic character. Author of the article, using thesis created by Eric Havelock and Andrzej P. Kowalski presents, that Homeric way of thinking was more magical than philosophical, because his culture was a culture before philosophy as a way of thinking and culture without writing.

About Author:
RYDLEWSKI, MICHAŁ – ethnologist, anthropologist of culture, philosopher; PhD student in the Institute of Journalism and Social Communication of the University of Wrocław.

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