Theorizing About Myth
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anthropology of belief systems
archetypes in world traditions
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comparative mythology studies
comparative religion scholarship
cross-cultural symbolism
cultural anthropology classics
cultural meaning-making processes
cultural memory and storytelling
demythologization debates
depth psychology and symbolism
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evolutionist theories of culture
functions of traditional tales
hero patterns in global traditions
history of myth interpretation
human sciences and religion
intellectual history of myth studies
interdisciplinary humanities research
interpretation of ancient belief systems
myth an
myth and collective identity
myth and existential meaning
myth and ideology
myth and language theory
myth and metaphor studies
myth and modern thought
myth and social cohesion
myth as explanatory model
myth criticism and theory
myth in modern scholarship
myth in twentieth-century theory
narrative and cosmology
narrative frameworks of religion
narrative structures in oral traditions
origins of sacred stories
phenomenology of the sacred
philosophy of symbolic thought
psychoanalytic readings of legend
psychological interpretations of legend
religion and narrative theory
religion as symbolic system
ritual and storytelling connections
ritualist school of interpretation
secular versus sacred explanations
sociological approaches to folklore
structuralism in cultural analysis
symbolic narratives across cultures
symbolism in traditional cultures
theoretical approaches to folklore
theory of archetypal imagery
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- ISBN 9781558491915
- Weight: 328g
- Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 05 Aug 1999
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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For two hundred years the subject of myth―its origin, function, and significance―has been addressed again and again, first by theologians and philosophers and then by anthropologists, sociologists, and psychologists. From the outset the topic has sparked intense debate, with differing opinions expressed on everything from issues of epistemology and methodology to the meaning of "myth" itself. In this collection of essays, Robert A. Segal surveys the contours of this ongoing discussion, comparing and evaluating the leading theories of myth. Among the theorists discussed are Edward Tylor, William Robertson Smith, James Frazer, Jane Harrison, S. H. Hooke, Mircea Eliade, Rudolf Bultmann, Hans Jonas, Sigmund Freud, C. G. Jung, Joseph Campbell, Claude Lévi-Strauss, and Hans Blumenberg. Author and editor of numerous books and articles in the fields of theories of myth and theories of religion, Segal has developed a reputation as a preeminent proponent of a social-scientific approach to the study of both. The essays in this book represent some of the best of his writing on myth over the past ten years.
