Representaciones míticas y juegos de lenguaje

Authors

  • Manuel Gutiérrez Estévez

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18441/ind.v19i0.89-98

Abstract

This contribution criticizes, in its theoretical and methodological arguments, the concept of "mythical narrations" as well as their analytical interpretation as "mythologies". The author refers to his field-work experiences in the Ecuadorian Andes and to a Maya discourse documented by him in Yucatan. Mythical meaning cannot be created, according to him, through criteria from beyond the local "exegesis" of the respective society, but rather through the actions and the interlocutory relationships of concrete social life: as creative and pre-textual social practices of elements from the "traditional" repertoires. The "myths" constitute full-blown – and at the same time specific – systems of social communication. Approaching them implies considering them as a "language game" (in Wittgenstein's conception), which can only be described from within practical experience.

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Published

2003-01-01

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Vol 19/20 (2003)

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