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Em meio a um cenårio contemporùneo moldado por profundas transformaçÔes culturais e
cientĂficas, convulsionado por efervescĂȘncias polĂticas e sociais e atormentado por enfrentamentos
ideolĂłgico-religiosos, Ă© cabĂvel imaginar o ressurgimento de mitos? Lembrando sua
polissemia, nĂŁo estamos falando dos mitos personalĂsticos fugazes e transitĂłrios, mas de mitos
autĂȘnticos, aqueles que carregam narrativas de significação simbĂłlica referentes a aspectos
da condição humana. HĂĄ lugar para o âsagradoâ em uma sociedade tecnicista enfeitiçada por
lendas, crendices, amuletos, simpatias, milagres, orĂĄculos, curandeiros, bruxaria e discos voadores?
O que o presente artigo tenta demonstrar, à luz de um estudo entrelaçado com vårias
disciplinas e tomando por empréstimo escritos de eminentes autores, é que acreditar em um
fenĂŽmeno desprovido de suporte cientĂfico comprovĂĄvel, como Ă© o do tema Ovni, se encaixa
em um sistema de crenças psicossociocultural. Em outras palavras, que estamos vivenciando a
ressurgĂȘncia de um mito âpĂłs-modernoâ.
In a contemporary scenery molded by deep cultural and scientific transformations, convulsed by political and social effervescences and plagued by ideological and religious conflicts, is it reasonable to imagine the resurgence of myths? Remembering its polysemy, we are not talking about the personalistic, fleeting and transient myths, but about authentic myths, narratives of those who carry symbolic significance related to aspects of the human condition. Is there a place for the âsacredâ in a technicist society bewitched by legends, superstitions, amulets, miracles, oracles, healers, witchcraft and flying saucers? What this article tries to demonstrate, in the light of a study intertwined with various disciplines and borrowing from eminent authorsâ writings, is that the belief in a phenomenon devoid of verifiable scientific support, as is the UFO case, fits a system of psychosociocultural beliefs. In other words, we have been experiencing a resurgence of âpostmodernâ myth.
In a contemporary scenery molded by deep cultural and scientific transformations, convulsed by political and social effervescences and plagued by ideological and religious conflicts, is it reasonable to imagine the resurgence of myths? Remembering its polysemy, we are not talking about the personalistic, fleeting and transient myths, but about authentic myths, narratives of those who carry symbolic significance related to aspects of the human condition. Is there a place for the âsacredâ in a technicist society bewitched by legends, superstitions, amulets, miracles, oracles, healers, witchcraft and flying saucers? What this article tries to demonstrate, in the light of a study intertwined with various disciplines and borrowing from eminent authorsâ writings, is that the belief in a phenomenon devoid of verifiable scientific support, as is the UFO case, fits a system of psychosociocultural beliefs. In other words, we have been experiencing a resurgence of âpostmodernâ myth.
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Mitos Crença psicossociocultural Myths Psychosociocultural beliefs
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ConsciĂȘncias. Porto. ISSN 1645-6564. 5 (2016) 75-100.
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EdiçÔes Universidade Fernando Pessoa. CTEC â Centro Transdisciplinar de Estudos da ConsciĂȘncia