Perennial philosophy in re-understanding Malay mythology and science of symbol
The intellectual discussion on Malay mythology, symbol and imagery have been almost completely forgotten by scholars and students of Malay studies presently and was very much misunderstood by scholars of Malay studies in the past. The modern Western approach which leaned toward the anthropologi...
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| Language: | English |
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/23678/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/23678/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/23678/1/Perennial_philosophy_in_re-understanding_malay_mythology_and_science_of_symbol.pdf |
| Summary: | The intellectual discussion on Malay mythology, symbol and
imagery have been almost completely forgotten by scholars and
students of Malay studies presently and was very much
misunderstood by scholars of Malay studies in the past. The
modern Western approach which leaned toward the
anthropological and sociological understandings of those aspects
of Malay literary formulations have caused many grave
misunderstanding and have considered them the various
formulations due to the ignorance of the primitives.
This paper will evaluate Malay mythology and the science of
symbols from the perennialists point of view by taking into of
consideration the various explanations made by scholars like
Rene Guenon, Ananda Coomaraswamy, Frithjof Schuon, Martin
Lings, and Seyyed Hossein Nasr regarding myths, symbols and
imageries in traditional thought and literature. We believe those
aspects of Malay literature require redefinitions and are in need
of new light for a proper literary analysis. |
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