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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.
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Robert A. Segal is Reader in Theory of Religion at the University of Lancaster, England. His most recent books include Jung on Mythology and The Myth and Ritual Theory.
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"The study of theories of myth is important for all the 'human sciences,' ranging from classics to anthropology to history to psychoanalysis, and Robert Segal is at the top of this field. He is very good at what he does. There is no other analysis of theories of myth like this."―Robert Ackerman, author of J. G. Frazer and The Myth and Ritual School
"The analytic scholarship in this book is sharp and current, and deals with significant writers. This is a useful collection of critical essays, especially suitable for adoption in undergraduate courses in literature, anthropology, folklore, psychology, and religious studies."―Ivan Strenski, University of California, Riverside
"The analytic scholarship in this book is sharp and current, and deals with significant writers. This is a useful collection of critical essays, especially suitable for adoption in undergraduate courses in literature, anthropology, folklore, psychology, and religious studies."―Ivan Strenski, University of California, Riverside
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- PublisherUniversity of Massachusetts Press
- Publication date1999
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