@article{ART001415367},
author={Han Kim},
title={Reading Mythology as a Means of Human Restoration : "Something to do with Dionysos" in the Digital Age},
journal={PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE},
issn={1975-1621},
year={2008},
number={6},
pages={23-45},
doi={10.33639/ptc.2008..6.002}
TY - JOUR
AU - Han Kim
TI - Reading Mythology as a Means of Human Restoration : "Something to do with Dionysos" in the Digital Age
JO - PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE
PY - 2008
VL - null
IS - 6
PB - Research Institute for East-West Thought
SP - 23
EP - 45
SN - 1975-1621
AB - This paper considers how reading mythology can become a means of restoration of humanity in the digital age. Today, as man continuously and relentlessly destroys the earth, we hear the groaning of the "Earth, first of the gods."
Greek mythology gives us the perspective to see what our beginnings were like, where we are now and what the final destiny of our world will be like. We are reminded of that Hephaestos, the smith god, could not be victorious until his marriage with Aphrodite is fulfilled. This marriage was only possible with the help of Dionysus. Aphrodite represents natural beauty; Hephaestos, metal working and craft today we might say manufacturing and technology. In Ancient Greece, Dionysus, together with Aphrodite, represented the earth's life force. What was true of Daidalos or Hephaestos in Greek mythology, is also true of the modern technocrats who run our world.
KW - mythology;Daidalos;Hephaestos;Aphrodite;Dionysos;earth's life force
DO - 10.33639/ptc.2008..6.002
ER -
Han Kim. (2008). Reading Mythology as a Means of Human Restoration : "Something to do with Dionysos" in the Digital Age. PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE, 6, 23-45.
Han Kim. 2008, "Reading Mythology as a Means of Human Restoration : "Something to do with Dionysos" in the Digital Age", PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE, no.6, pp.23-45. Available from: doi:10.33639/ptc.2008..6.002
Han Kim "Reading Mythology as a Means of Human Restoration : "Something to do with Dionysos" in the Digital Age" PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE 6 pp.23-45 (2008) : 23.
Han Kim. Reading Mythology as a Means of Human Restoration : "Something to do with Dionysos" in the Digital Age. 2008; 6 : 23-45. Available from: doi:10.33639/ptc.2008..6.002
Han Kim. "Reading Mythology as a Means of Human Restoration : "Something to do with Dionysos" in the Digital Age" PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE no.6(2008) : 23-45.doi: 10.33639/ptc.2008..6.002
Han Kim. Reading Mythology as a Means of Human Restoration : "Something to do with Dionysos" in the Digital Age. PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE, 6, 23-45. doi: 10.33639/ptc.2008..6.002
Han Kim. Reading Mythology as a Means of Human Restoration : "Something to do with Dionysos" in the Digital Age. PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE. 2008; 6 23-45. doi: 10.33639/ptc.2008..6.002
Han Kim. Reading Mythology as a Means of Human Restoration : "Something to do with Dionysos" in the Digital Age. 2008; 6 : 23-45. Available from: doi:10.33639/ptc.2008..6.002
Han Kim. "Reading Mythology as a Means of Human Restoration : "Something to do with Dionysos" in the Digital Age" PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE no.6(2008) : 23-45.doi: 10.33639/ptc.2008..6.002
