Narcissus. An anthropological-philosophical reading of myth as an operator of meaning

Abstract

The article will analyze the myth of Narcissus from an anthropological-philosophical reading. We will situate ourselves in the mythical Greek and Roman reference, in order to give an account of history to stop at the anthropological consequences of Narcissus’ attitude.
The work will be articulated in two parts. In the first place, we will analyze the story, considering myth as a source and an operator of meaning, in a second moment we will analyze the ethical-anthropological consequences of history that lead us to postulate nomadic thinking as a conjuration of the risks of narcissism.

Nomadism implies a way of directing the gaze to the other, of attending to what returns rea- lity as a kind of reflection, rescuing the astonishment or admiration for the couple. Nomadic thinking is also one that knows how to deterritorialize itself from the subjective environment, closed and closed on itself, to seek in intersubjectivity a common space of action based on mutual affectation.