18 books like A Short History of Myth

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Myths And Mythologies Jeppe Sinding Jensen · 2006 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate In all cultures and at all times, humans have told stories about where they came from, who they are and how they should live their lives. 'Myths and Mythologies' brings together the key classic and contemporary writings - philosophical, psychological, sociological, semiological and cognitivist - on myth. To the insider, myths contain truth, revelation and a 'history of ourselves'; to the… Shares: Myth, Mythologie, Mythology

Aspects du mythe Mircea Eliade · 1963 · 243p · ≈ 8h · Moderate First published in English in 1954, this founding work of the history of religions secured the North American reputation of the Romanian émigré-scholar Mircea Eliade. Making reference to an astonishing number of cultures and drawing on scholarship published in no fewer than half a dozen European languages, The Myth of the Eternal Return illuminates the religious beliefs and rituals of a wide… Shares: Myth, Mythology, History

Introduction to mythology Lewis Spence · 1921 · 334p · ≈ 11h · Challenging What mythology is and how it has been explained - the solar theory, the ghost theory, the ritual theory - set out by a working folklorist for readers who wanted the arguments before the stories. Shares: Mythologie, Mythology

The myth of the state Ernst Cassirer · 1946 · 303p · ≈ 10h · Challenging "The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms is one of the landmarks of twentieth century philosophy. Drawing from the influential work of Wilhelm Dilthey, it transformed neo-Kantianism into a new robust philosophy of culture. The second volume, on Mythical Thinking, analyzes the fundamental layers of perception and expression as well as the articulations with religion and the dialectic with other forms,… Shares: Myth, Mythologie, Mythology, History

Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 Andrew Lang · 1887 · 388p · ≈ 12h · Challenging This volume contains the following Contents: systems of mythology; new system proposed; mental conditions of savages, confusion with nature, totemism, magic, metamorphosis, metaphysic, psychology; nature myths; non-Aryan myths of the origin of the world and of man; Indo-Aryan myths, sources of evidence; Indian myths of the origin of the world and of man; Greek myths of the origin of the world… Shares: Myth, Mythology

Myth, ritual and religion Andrew Lang · 1906 · 283p · ≈ 9h · Challenging This volume contains the following Contents: systems of mythology; new system proposed; mental conditions of savages, confusion with nature, totemism, magic, metamorphosis, metaphysic, psychology; nature myths; non-Aryan myths of the origin of the world and of man; Indo-Aryan myths, sources of evidence; Indian myths of the origin of the world and of man; Greek myths of the origin of the world… Shares: Myth, Mythology

A philosophy of political myth Chiara Bottici · 2007 · 295p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In this book, Chiara Bottici argues for a philosophical understanding of political myth. Bottici demonstrates that myth is a process, one of continuous work on a basic narrative pattern that responds to a need for significance. Human beings need meaning in order to master the world they live in, but they also need significance in order to live in a world that is less indifferent to them. This… Shares: Myth, Mythology

Deutsche Mythologie Kauffmann, Friedrich · 1890 · 119p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Deutsche Mythologie (, Teutonic Mythology) is a treatise on Germanic mythology by Jacob Grimm. First published in Germany in 1835, the work is an exhaustive treatment of the subject, tracing the mythology and beliefs of the ancient Germanic peoples from their earliest attestations to their survivals in modern traditions, folktales and popular expressions. Shares: Mythologie, Mythology

Psychoanalytic approaches to myth Daniel Merkur · 2002 · 172p · ≈ 5h · Moderate This book surveys the history of psychoanalytic treatments of myths variously as symptoms of psychopathology, as cultural defense mechanisms, and as metaphoric expressions of ideas that may include therapeutic insights. Shares: Myth, Mythology

Uses of Comparative Mythology Kenneth L. Golden · 2015 · 294p · ≈ 9h · Moderate This collection, first published in 1992, offers critical-interpretive essays on various aspects of the work of Joseph Campbell (1904-1987), one of a very few international experts on myth. Joseph Campbell examines myths and mythologies from a comparative point of view, and he stresses those similarities among myths the world over as they suggest an existing, transcendent unity of all humankind.… Shares: Myth, Mythology

Philosophie der symbolischen Formen Ernst Cassirer · 1923 · 300p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Ernst Cassirer war ein deutscher Philosoph. Ausgebildet in der neokantianischen Marburger Schule, folgte er zunächst seinem Mentor Hermann Cohen in dem Versuch, eine idealistische Wissenschaftsphilosophie darzustellen. Nach Cohens Tod im Jahr 1918 entwickelte Cassirer eine Theorie des Symbolismus und nutzte sie, um die Phänomenologie des Wissens zu einer allgemeineren Philosophie der Kultur zu… Shares: Myth, Mythologie, Mythology

Einführung in das Wesen der Mythologie Carl Gustav Jung · 1949 · ★ 5.0 · 200p · ≈ 6h · Challenging _Essays on a Science of Mythology_ is a cooperative work between C. Kerényi, who has been called “the most psychological of mythologists,” and C. G. Jung, who has been called “the most mythological of psychologists.” Kerényi contributes an essay on the Divine Child and one on the _Kore_ (the Maiden), together with a substantial introduction and conclusion. Jung contributes a psychological… Shares: Mythologie, Mythology

Classical Mythology Mark P. O. Morford · 1971 · 524p · ≈ 17h · Moderate An excellent primer on classical mythology for readers who have little or no background of classical knowledge. Shares: Mythologie, Mythology

The Denial of Death Ernest Becker · 1973 · ★ 3.9 · 315p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The Denial of Death is a 1973 book by American cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker which discusses the psychological and philosophical implications of how people and cultures have reacted to the concept of death. The author argues most human action is taken to ignore or avoid the inevitability of death. Shares: Myth, Mythology

Myth and Science Tito Vignoli · 1882 · 330p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Myth, as it is understood by us, and as it will be developed and explained in this work, cannot be defined in summary terms, since its multiform and comprehensive nature embraces and includes all primitive action, as well as much which is consecutive and historical in the intelligence and feelings of man, with respect to the immediate and the reflex interpretation of the world, of the Individual,… Shares: Myth, Mythology

Le sacré et le profane Mircea Eliade · 1959 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Famed historian of religion Mircea Eliade observes that even moderns who proclaim themselves residents of a completely profane world are still unconsciously nourished by the memory of the sacred. Eliade traces manifestations of the sacred from primitive to modern times in terms of space, time, nature, and the cosmos. In doing so he shows how the total human experience of the religious man… Shares: Mythologie, Mythology, History

Myths and myth-makers John Fiske · 1873 · 251p · ≈ 8h · Challenging The book features 34 fascinating stories of both famous and not-so-well-known mythical entities – Pygmalion, Adonis, Lorelei, Beowulf, Echo Johann Wolfgang. Shares: Mythologie, Mythology

Modern mythology Andrew Lang · 1897 · 169p · ≈ 5h · Challenging xxiv p., 1 l., 212 p. 23 cm. Shares: Mythology

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