Theorizing Myth: Narrative, Ideology, and Scholarship

by Bruce Lincoln

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In Theorizing Myth, Bruce Lincoln traces the way scholars and others have used the category of "myth" to fetishize or deride certain kinds of stories, usually those told by others.

He begins by showing that mythos yielded to logos not as part of a (mythic) "Greek miracle," but as part of struggles over political, linguistic, and epistemological authority occasioned by expanded use of writing and the practice of Athenian...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226482022

ISBN13:9780226482026

Release Date:April 2000

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:313 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

Comparative Religion Education & Reference Fairy Tales Folklore Folklore & Mythology Mythology & Folk Tales Politics & Social Sciences Religion Religion & Spirituality Religious Studies Social Science Social Sciences Textbooks Words, Language & Grammar

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