Studies in Religion and Culture: Myth and Method (Paperback)
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| Management number | 240715627 | Release Date | 2026/07/16 | List Price | US$12.03 | Model Number | 240715627 | ||
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<p>In the wake of the elegant master theories of Joseph Campbell, Mircea Eliade, Georges Dumezil, and Claude Levi-Strauss, how are mythology and the comparative study of religion to be understood? In Myth and Method, a leading team of scholars assesses the current state of the study of myth and explores the possibilities for charting a methodological middle course between the comparative and the contextual issues raised in the last ten years. In confronting these tension, they provide an outline of the most troubling questions in the field and offer a variety of responses to them.</p>
In the wake of the elegant master theories of Joseph Campbell, Mircea Eliade, Georges Dumezil, and Claude Levi-Strauss, how are mythology and the comparative study of religion to be understood? In Myth and Method, a leading team of scholars assesses the current state of the study of myth and explores the possibilities for charting a methodological middle course between the comparative and the contextual issues raised in the last ten years. In confronting these tension, they provide an outline of the most troubling questions in the field and offer a variety of responses to them.
| Book format | Paperback |
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| Fiction/nonfiction | Non-Fiction |
| Genre | Religion |
| Publication date | December, 1996 |
| Pages | 416 |
| Reading level | Professional and Scholarly |
| Series title | Studies in Religion and Culture |
| Edition | Standard Edition |
| Publisher | University of Virginia Press |
| Original languages | English |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Laurie L. Patton, Wendy Doniger |
| Binding type | Perfect Binding |
| Assembled product dimensions (l x w x h) | 9.00 x 6.00 x 1.25 Inches |
| Assembled product weight | 1.45 lb |
| Bisac subject heading | Religion |
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