Buzina, T. V. Change of the cultural paradigm: death of the hero

Abstract: Resume: the article is devoted to the key process of the modern culture, - confluence of the two types of self-comprehension (as the hero and non-hero) and transformation of the traditional teleology. If the traditional theme of the European “heroic” culture was to become like gods, the new teleology needed new purposes and goals since it was completely non-metaphysical. When such mythological quests became quite popular in the European culture back in the 19th century, the new meaning was found in mythological creatures such as vampires and werewolves. Thus, “non-life” or factual animality became the final point of the human development instead of becoming god or super man.

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