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Myth: A Very Short Introduction

Paperback • 2015 • 1. edition

Myth: A Very Short Introduction

By University of Aberdeen) Segal Robert (Sixth Century Chair in Religious Studies

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About the book

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 Adoni...Show more

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Oxford University Press

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2015

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Myth: A Very Short Introduction

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