Social Myths and Collective Imaginaries /

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"Western or Eastern, ancient or modern, religious or scientific, myths are strikingly underestimated forces in contemporary society. In our rational, enlightened and supposedly civilized society myths have come to be perceived as the exclusive attribute of so-called pre-modern societies. In Soc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bouchard, Gerard, 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: London : University of Toronto Press, [2017]
Edition:English-language edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Repräsentation > Soziologie
Mythos
Social representations.
Myth.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Gaia & Earth Energies.
myths.
Representations sociales.
Mythe.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Myths and collective imaginaries
  • What is a social myth?
  • The mythification process
  • The conditions for the effectiveness of myth
  • Social myths : a pyramidal structure.

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