Mit jako pretekst do refleksji nad kryzysem kultury

Abstract

As early as in the 19th century, philosophers such as Friedrich Schiller and Friedrich Schelling noted the crisis of contemporary culture contrasting it with idealized model of classical Greece. Contemporary artists who reach both for the mythological content and the classical art form, are not always apologists for antiquity and its values. Usually we do not trust them but suspect them of irony. Also modernizing myths awakens our mistrust and a certain degree of scepticism. It should be noted, however, their art proves that where the myth is used in art, there we can expect discussion about values. So we cannot judge that the myth is in crisis, as it gives rise to a discussion of the foundations of our culture.