Mythical consciousness as a philosophical problem

dr Marta Ples, Uniwersytet Śląski, Instytut Filozofii, ul Bankowa 11, 40-007 KatowiceThe article Mythical consciousness as a philosophical problem is an attempt to analyze the subjective reflection of a myth that is concentrated on such notions as: “mythical consciousness”, “mythical imagination”, “mythical thought” or “logic of myth”. The analysis shows the main theses and problems of subjective reflection of the myth, based on philosophical theories (E. Cassirer, L. Kołakowski) and also on the concepts which developed in the area of the cultural anthropology (B. Malinowski, L. L´evy-Bruhl, J.G. Frazer, C. L´evi-Strauss)