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“History of Being” vs. “Culture of Being”: A Philosophy of Culture of the Essence of Being

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Magini, Riccardo. “History of Being” vs. “Culture of Being”: A Philosophy of Culture of the Essence of Being, in Newmedia21.eu. Медиите на 21 век: Онлайн издание за изследвания, анализи, критика [online], 02 юни 2026. https://www.newmedia21.eu/analizi/history-of-being-vs-culture-of-being-a-philosophy-of-culture-of-the-essence-of-being/ . Picture generated by GPT Image 2 on June 6, 2026 This article is part of my doctoral research dissertation in Philosophy taught in English at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski". Abstract: This paper aims to approach Heidegger’s History of Being and see it in every condition and human situation present in the multicultural society of today. Culture, as an actus and potential of the Being, is considered in its intertwining nature as an intrinsic part of the “over the essence of humanity” to arrive “over its relation to Being” to replace the History that has a linear form of the “ecstatico-horizontal unity of temporality.” Culture...

Folk and Fairy Tales as Philosophy through Fantasy: an interpretation of memory, imagination, and culture

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Magini, Riccardo. “ Folk and Fairy Tales as Philosophy through Fantasy: an interpretation of memory, imagination, and culture ” Sofia Philosophical Review Vol. XVI, No. 2 (2023): pp.92-114. https://sphr-bg.org/16/137/534.html . This article is part of my doctoral research dissertation in Philosophy taught in English at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" Abstract : Folk tales are a repository of cultural memory of a society that holds philosophy, morality, and wisdom through symbols and fantasy. In this way, folk tales play with language through imagination and fantasy to pursue popular wisdom, initiatory customs, mysteries, and traditions. In order to discover and enjoy folk wisdom, we need to go through the morphology and cross the history of magic folk tales. With this motivation, this essay tries to highlight the philosophical traces in folk literature as the repository of the memory of societies through the imagination (fantasia) of folk tales and myths. The power of...