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Author : Ivan Strenski
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Four Theories of Myth in Twentieth-century History written by Ivan Strenski and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Daniel Dubuisson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317491602
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)
Download or read book Twentieth Century Mythologies written by Daniel Dubuisson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-05 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Myths have intrigued scholars throughout history. 'Twentieth Century Mythologies' traces the study of myth over the last century, presenting the key theories of mythology and critiquing traditional definitions of myth. The volume presents the work of influential scholars in mythology: the noted Indo-Europeanist Georges Dumezil, the structuralist anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, and the historian of religions Mircea Eliade. 'Twentieth Century Mythologies' is an indispensable resource for scholars of religion and myth and for all those interested in the history of ideas.
Author : R. Mark Shipp
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004127159
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (271 download)
Download or read book Of Dead Kings and Dirges written by R. Mark Shipp and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2002 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George S. Williamson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226899454
Total Pages : 885 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)
Download or read book The Longing for Myth in Germany written by George S. Williamson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2004-07 with total page 885 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the dawn of Romanticism, artists and intellectuals in Germany have maintained an abiding interest in the gods and myths of antiquity while calling for a new mythology suitable to the modern age. In this study, George S. Williamson examines the factors that gave rise to this distinct and profound longing for myth. In doing so, he demonstrates the entanglement of aesthetic and philosophical ambitions in Germany with some of the major religious conflicts of the nineteenth century. Through readings of key intellectuals ranging from Herder and Schelling to Wagner and Nietzsche, Williamson highlights three crucial factors in the emergence of the German engagement with myth: the tradition of Philhellenist neohumanism, a critique of contemporary aesthetic and public life as dominated by private interests, and a rejection of the Bible by many Protestant scholars as the product of a foreign, "Oriental" culture. According to Williamson, the discourse on myth in Germany remained bound up with problems of Protestant theology and confessional conflict through the nineteenth century and beyond. A compelling adventure in intellectual history, this study uncovers the foundations of Germany's fascination with myth and its enduring cultural legacy.
Author : Douglas Allen
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415939393
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (393 download)
Download or read book Myth and Religion in Mircea Eliade written by Douglas Allen and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an interesting study with a great deal of information on Eliade's main themes and a detailed account of his understanding of myth.
Author : Ivan Strenski
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Four Theories of Myth in Twentieth-century History written by Ivan Strenski and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Antes
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 311021170X
Total Pages : 569 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Regional, Critical, and Historical Approaches written by Peter Antes and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-12-19 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internationally recognized scholars from many parts of the world provide a critical survey of recent developments and achievements in the global field of religious studies. The work follows in the footsteps of two former publications: Classical Approaches to the Study of Religion, edited by Jacques Waardenburg (1973), and Contemporary Approaches to the Study of Religion, edited by Frank Whaling (1984/85). New Approaches to the Study of Religion completes the survey of the comparative study of religion in the twentieth century by focussing on the past two decades. Many of the chapters, however, are also pathbreaking and point the way to future approaches.
Author : Peter Antes
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 9783110176988
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (769 download)
Download or read book New Approaches to the Study of Religion: Regional, critical, and historical approaches written by Peter Antes and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2004 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internationally recognized scholars from many parts of the world provide a critical survey of recent developments and achievements in the global field of religious studies. The work follows in the footsteps of two former publications: Classical Approaches to the Study of Religion, edited by Jacques Waardenburg (1973), and Contemporary Approaches to the Study of Religion, edited by Frank Whaling (1984/85). New Approaches to the Study of Religion completes the survey of the comparative study of religion in the twentieth century by focussing on the past two decades. Many of the chapters, however, are also pathbreaking and point the way to future approaches.
Author : Richard King
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231518242
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Religion, Theory, Critique written by Richard King and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-18 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion, Theory, Critique is an essential tool for learning about theory and method in the study of religion. Leading experts engage with contemporary and classical theories as well as non-Western cultural contexts. Unlike other collections, this anthology emphasizes the dynamic relationship between "religion" as an object of study and different methodological approaches and openly addresses the question of the manifold ways in which "religion," "secular," and "culture" are imagined within different disciplinary horizons. This volume is the first textbook which seeks to engage discussion of classical approaches with contemporary cultural and critical theories. Contributors write on the influence of the natural sciences in the study of religion; the role of European Christianity in modeling theories of religion; religious experience and the interface with cognitive science; the structure and function of religious language; the social-scientific study of religion; ritual in religion; the phenomenology of religion; critical theory and religion; embodiment and religion; the impact of colonialism and modernity; theorizing religion in terms of race and ethnicity; links among religion, nationalism, and globalization; the interplay of gender, sex, and religion; and religion and the environment. Each chapter introduces the topic, identifies key theorists and issues, and respects the pluralistic nature of the scholarship in the field. Altogether, this collection scrutinizes the explicit and implicit assumptions theorists make about religion as an object of analysis.
Author : Dexter E. Callender, Jr.
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
ISBN 13 : 1589839625
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (898 download)
Download or read book Myth and Scripture written by Dexter E. Callender, Jr. and published by Society of Biblical Lit. This book was released on 2014-07-02 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: !DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" html meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="content-type" body An interdisciplinary collection for scholars and students interested in the connections between myth and scripture In this collection scholars suggest that using “myth” creates a framework within which to set biblical writings in both cultural and literary comparative contexts. Reading biblical accounts alongside the religious narratives of other ancient civilizations reveals what is commonplace and shared among them. The fruit of such work widens and enriches our understanding of the nature and character of biblical texts, and the results provide fresh evidence for how biblical writings became “scripture.” Features: Essays that explore how myth sheds light on the emergence of scripture Examples drawn from the Ancient Near East, Hebrew Bible, New Testament, and Greco-Roman world Articles by experts from a range of disciplines
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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047440692
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)
Download or read book Myth in History, History in Myth written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009-08-31 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the proceedings of a 2005 conference, this volume re-examines the role of Dutch social and patriotic myths. Using recent methodological approaches, the essays assess how the Dutch perceived their myths and how they were treated by previous historians.
Author : Fernando Arenas
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452905363
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)
Download or read book Utopias of Otherness written by Fernando Arenas and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forges a new understanding of how these two Lusophone nations are connected. The closely entwined histories of Portugal and Brazil remain key references for understanding developments--past and present--in either country. Accordingly, Fernando Arenas considers Portugal and Brazil in relation to one another in this exploration of changing definitions of nationhood, subjectivity, and utopias in both cultures. Examining the two nations' shared language and histories as well as their cultural, social, and political points of divergence, Arenas pursues these definitive changes through the realms of literature, intellectual thought, popular culture, and political discourse. Both Brazil and Portugal are subject to the economic, political, and cultural forces of postmodern globalization. Arenas analyzes responses to these trends in contemporary writers including Jose Saramago, Caio Fernando Abreu, Maria Isabel Barreno, Vergilio Ferreira, Clarice Lispector, and Maria Gabriela Llansol. Ultimately, Utopias of Otherness shows how these writers have redefined the concept of nationhood, not only through their investment in utopian or emancipatory causes such as Marxist revolution, women's liberation, or sexual revolution but also by shifting their attention to alternative modes of conceiving the ethical and political realms.
Author : Anthony Anemone
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 0810126923
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Just Assassins written by Anthony Anemone and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just Assassins examines terrorism as it's manifested in Russian culture past and present, with essays devoted to Russian literature, film, and theater; historical narrative; and even amateur memoir, songs, and poetry posted on the Internet. Along with editor Anthony Anemone's introduction, these essays chart the evolution of modern political terrorism in Russia, from the Decembrist uprising to the horrific school siege in Beslan in 2004, showing how Russia's cultural engagement with its legacy of terrorism speaks to the wider world.
Author : John B. Weaver
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110915618
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Plots of Epiphany written by John B. Weaver and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-02-06 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Past scholarship on the prison-escapes in the Acts of the Apostles has tended to focus on lexical similarities to Euripides' Bacchae, going so far as to argue for direct literary dependence. Moving beyond such explanations, the present study argues that miraculous prison-escape was a central event in a traditional and culturally significant story about the introduction and foundation of cults - a story discernable in the Bacchae and other ancient texts. When the mythic quality and cultural diffusion of the prison-escape narratives are taken into account, the resemblance of Lukan and Dionysian narrative episodes is seen to depend less on specific literary borrowing, and more on shared familiarity with cultural discourses involving the legitimating portrayal of new cults in the ancient world.
Author : Jon R. Stone
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349261262
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (492 download)
Download or read book The Craft of Religious Studies written by Jon R. Stone and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays by distinguished scholars in the academic study of religion, The Craft of Religious Studies represents the variety of research and analytical methods that researchers employ when examining religious phenomena, whether personally or socially expressed. Autobiographical in cast, this collection points to diversity of approaches in the academic study of religion and highlights the interdisciplinary nature of the field. While the ways scholars approach the study of religion in human culture vary, the common ground among them - as seen in these fourteen contributions - remains their quest for understanding more so than the paths toward understanding they have chosen.
Author : I. Habermann
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230277497
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Myth, Memory and the Middlebrow written by I. Habermann and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-05-19 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores Englishness as a 'symbolic form' from the 1920s to the 1940s. Two case studies, focused on J.B. Priestley and Daphne du Maurier, explore crucial ways in which popular 'middlebrow' authors imagine and shape the nation, providing an innovative approach to literary negotiations of cultural identity.
Author : Robert W. Brockway
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791497631
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)
Download or read book Myth From the Ice Age to Mickey Mouse written by Robert W. Brockway and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1993-11-18 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brockway exposes Western mythic thought from Paleolithic times to the present. Myth and mythic thinking did not cease with the rise of science and philosophy during the Enlightenment, but continue to flourish in modern times. The author shows how mythic themes continue to occur in both high culture and popular arts.
