Roberto Murillo’s flight from Cartago: a reappraisal of the myth of Cartago
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2026 |
| Descripción: | The myth of Cartago has recently been read as an expression of Roberto Murillo’s conservative and humanist longing and has been situated within its specific historical context. While this essay does not challenge the substance of that interpretation, it argues that such a reading overlooks the conceptual limits of myth in Murillo’s thought. It therefore proposes a more precise interpretation of the role of myth in his work, based on his understanding of imagination and the idea of origin, before examining how these notions operate in relation to the idyllic image of Cartago. Drawing on a genealogical reading of Murillo’s newspaper articles on Cartago and their connection to his main philosophical theses and early writings, the essay concludes that the myth of Cartago can be understood as a particular form of imaginative flight. This reading shifts the explanatory weight that any historicist interpretation might place on its nature. |
| País: | Portal de Revistas UNED |
| Institución: | Universidad Estatal a Distancia |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UNED |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.uned.ac.cr:article/6673 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/index/article/view/6673 |
| Palabra clave: | Filosofía de la cultura Imaginación creativa Metafísica Mitología Creative imagination Metaphysics Mythology Philosophy of culture Imagination créatrice Métaphysique Mythologie Philosophie de la culture |