الأسطورة في عالمنا المعاصر

Abstract EN

Legend has allowed reason to dominate as concerns the man and the universe and metaphysics in modern world, reason has been severely oppressed in the middle age but it has made a marked re-entry nowadays while legend has been further marginalized.

this re-entry has not kept the same rhythm due to the criticism that made to formal logic, as well as doubt that characterized in sciences results in the end of the nineteenth century, in addition to the physics crisis.

researches of psychology came to prove that human behavior is not only guided by the reason, so many factors contribute in it.

myth hence came back in symbols and rituals shown in individual and collective activities.

this paper will shed light on some legend aspects, as it can be found in philosophy, sciences, literature, cinema music, sports, currency, national and political flags.