MYTHOLOGIES OF TIMES IN THE WEST: UTOPIA, MILLENNISM AND MESSIANISM
MYTHOLOGIES OF TIMES IN THE WEST: UTOPIA, MILLENNISM AND MESSIANISM

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents the result of researching the mythical conceptions of history in the West, which shed light on numerous cultural and political data that entered the sphere of the imaginary reflected in religions, utopias, and finally, in art. The study is structured in three parts, namely: the three scenarios of universal history; the significant myths of great narratives; the problems of the myth of unique time. These aspects bring into question and demonstrate the importance of the imaginary for the understanding of cosmological and anthropological time.

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