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  • Myth: A Very Short Introduction

    by Robert A. Segal ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions;Very Short Introductions
    This book is not about myths, but about approaches to myth, from all of the major disciplines, including science, religion, philosophy, literature, and psychology. The fate of the preternaturally beautiful Adonis is one of the main fables upon which Segal focuses, in an attempt to analyse the various different theories of myth. Where the theory does not work, he substitutes another myth, showing ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Jung on Mythology

    by C. G. Jung ...
    Series series Encountering Jung
    At least three major questions can be asked of myth: what is its subject matter? what is its origin? and what is its function? Theories of myth may differ on the answers they give to any of these questions, but more basically they may also differ on which of the questions they ask. C. G. Jung's theory is one of the few that purports to answer fully all three questions. This volume collects and ... Read more

    Was $23.99 USD Now $17.99 USD

  • The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion

    Edited by Robert A. Segal, Nickolas P. Roubekas ...
    Series series Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion
    Praise for the previous edition:“This volume, expertly edited and introduced by Segal, collects a series of essays that combine clarity and accessibility with nuance and balance … and are uniformly of high quality, each with a helpful bibliography that supplements the volume bibliography… This work will command a wide audience, ranging from the general public to religious studies specialists. ... Read more

    Was $165.00 USD Now $47.00 USD

  • Myth Analyzed

    by Robert A. Segal ...
    Series series Theorists of Myth
    Comparing and evaluating modern theories of myth, this book offers an overview of explanations of myth from the social sciences and the humanities.This ambitious collection of essays uses the viewpoints of a variety of disciplines - psychology, anthropology, sociology, politics, philosophy, religious studies, and literature. Each discipline advocates a generalization about the origin, the function ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Fallen Animals

    Art, Religion, Literature

    by Brian Brock, Constantin Canavas, Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, Kate Walters, Kirsty Stewart, Penny Florence, Rachel Stenner, Eric Ziolkowski, Dr Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer, Robert A. Segal ...
    Series series Ecocritical Theory and Practice
    The premise of Fallen Animals is that some how and in some way The Fall of Adam and Eve as related in the Bible has affected all living beings from the largest to the smallest, from the oldest to the youngest, regardless of gender and geography. The movement from the blissful arena of the Garden of Eden to the uncertain reality of exile altered in an overt or nuanced fashion the attitudes, ... Read more

    $93.99 USD

  • Religion of the Semites

    The Fundamental Institutions

    by Robert A. Segal ...
    Scottish Semiticist and Arabist William Robertson Smith was a celebrated biblical critic, theorist of religion, and theorist of myth. His accomplishments were multiple. Smith's German mentors reconstructed the history of Israelite religion from the Bible itself; Smith ventured outside the Bible to Semitic religion and thereby pioneered the comparative study of religion. Where others viewed ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Myth

    Volume III

    Edited by Robert A. Segal ...
    Series series Theorists of Myth
    Much of the theorizing about myth in philosophy and religious studies grows out of efforts to understand the classics and the Bible. In the case of the classics, the presence of myth has been taken for granted, and conclusions reached about Greek and Roman mythology have spurred generalizations about myth. In the case of the Bible, however, the existence of myth has been contested. In fact, ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • The Myth of the Birth of the Hero

    A Psychological Exploration of Myth

    by Otto Rank ...
    Translated by Gregory C. Richter, E. James Lieberman ...
    First published in German in 1909, Otto Rank's original The Myth of the Birth of the Hero offered psychoanalytical interpretations of mythological stories as a means of understanding the human psyche. Like his mentor Sigmund Freud, Rank compared the myths of such figures as Oedipus, Moses, and Sargon with common dreams, seeing in both a symbolic fulfillment of repressed desire. In a new edition ... Read more

    $27.09 USD

  • From Ritual to Romance

    by Jessie L. Weston ...
    Series series Bollingen Series
    Acknowledged by T. S. Eliot as crucial to understanding "The Waste Land," Jessie Weston's book has continued to attract readers interested in ancient religion, myth, and especially Arthurian legend. Weston examines the saga of the Grail, which, in many versions, begins when the wounded king of a famished land sees a procession of objects including a bleeding lance and a bejewelled cup. She ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Audiobook

    Myth

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Robert A. Segal ...
    Narrated by Ben Esner ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 31 min

    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 ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Jung on Synchronicity and the Paranormal

    by C. G. Jung ...
    Series series Encountering Jung
    C. G. Jung had a lifelong interest in the paranormal that culminated in his influential theory of synchronicity. Combining extracts taken from the Collected Works; letters; the autobiographical Memories, Dreams, Reflections; and transcripts of seminars, Jung on Synchronicity and the Paranormal sets out clearly his seminal contribution to our understanding of this controversial area.In his ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Jung on Death and Immortality

    by C. G. Jung ...
    Series series Encountering Jung
    "As a doctor, I make every effort to strengthen the belief in immortality, especially with older patients when such questions come threateningly close. For, seen in correct psychological perspective, death is not an end but a goal, and life's inclination towards death begins as soon as the meridian is past."--C.G. Jung, commentary on The Secret of the Golden FlowerHere collected for the first time ... Read more

    Was $19.99 USD Now $17.99 USD