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The Modern Construction of Myth /

Andrew Von Hendy offers an integrated critical account of the career of myth in modernity. He takes as its starting point some crucial moments in the 18th-century reinvention of the concept and then follows the major branches of theorizing as they appear in the work of theologians, philosophers, lit...

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Auteur principal: Von Hendy, Andrew, 1932-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, 2001.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Andrew Von Hendy offers an integrated critical account of the career of myth in modernity. He takes as its starting point some crucial moments in the 18th-century reinvention of the concept and then follows the major branches of theorizing as they appear in the work of theologians, philosophers, literary artists, political thinkers, folklorists, anthropologists, psychologists, and others.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (408 pages).
ISBN:9780253108807