Myth : a very short introduction

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Where do myths come from? What is their function and what do they mean? In this Very Short Introduction Robert Segal introduces the array of approaches used to understand the study of myth. These approaches hail from disciplines as varied as anthropology, sociology, psychology, literary criticism, philosophy, science, and religious studies. Including ideas from theorists as varied as Sigmund Freud, Claude Levi-Strauss, Albert Camus, and Roland Barthes, Segal uses the famous ancient myth of Adonis to analyse their individual approaches and theories. In this new edition, he not only considers the future study of myth, but also considers the interactions of myth theory with cognitive science, the implications of the myth of Gaia, and the differences between story-telling and myth.--Nakladatelská anotace … celý popis

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Hlavní autor

Robert Alan Segal, 1948-

Typ dokumentu

Knihy

Fyzický popis

141 stran : ilustrace ; 18 cm

Vydáno

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015

Vydání

Second edition

Edice

Very short introductions

Témata

mýty > mezioborový kontext

mytologie > mezioborový kontext

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ISBN

978-0-19-872470-4