RT Book
T1 Twentieth century mythologies: Dumézil, Lévi-Strauss, Eliade
A2 Dubuisson, Daniel 1950-
LA English
PP London Oakville, CT
PB Equinox Pub
YR 2006
ED 2nd ed., augmented and rev
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1656263661
AB 7. The symbolic order8. The Mythologiques: from overture to finale; 9. From Marx to Kant; 10. The semantics of myth; 11. A Buddhist among the Bororo; Part III: Mircea Eliade, or the Sacred; 12. Fascism and mysticism; 13. Primitive ontology; 14. The eternal return of anti-Semitism; 15. The neo-paganism of homo religiosus; 16. Metaphysics and politics: Eliade and Heidegger; Addendum III: Esotericism and fascism; Addendum IV: The reconstruction of prehistoric religions; Addendum V: The Eliadean conception of symbolism; Addendum VI: Forgetting the Shoah
AB Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction: History and comparative epistemology; Part I: Georges Dumézil, or Society; 1. The Indo-European background; 2. The first comparative mythologies; 3. Durkheim, Mauss, Bourdieu, and Dumézil; 4. The 1950s: a reorientation; 5. Comparative and structural evidence; 6. The new comparative mythology; Addendum I: Theory, history, and the limits of Dumézil's comparativism; Addendum II: Does a Dumézilian theory of religion exist?; Part II: Claude Lévi-Strauss, or the Mind
AB Conclusion: Modern theories of myth and the history of Western thoughtBibliography; Index
AB Myths have intrigued scholars throughout history. 'Twentieth Century Mythologies' traces the study of myth over the last century, presenting the key theories of mythology and critiquing traditional definitions of myth. The volume presents the work of influential scholars in mythology: the noted Indo-Europeanist Georges Dumezil, the structuralist anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, and the historian of religions Mircea Eliade. 'Twentieth Century Mythologies' is an indispensable resource for scholars of religion and myth and for all those interested in the history of ideas
NO Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-310) and index. - Print version record
CN BL304
SN 9781845537241
SN 1845537246
SN 9781317491606
SN 1317491602
K1 Dumézil, Georges 1898-1986
K1 Eliade, Mircea 1907-1986
K1 Lévi-Strauss, Claude
K1 Dumézil, Georges : 1898-1986
K1 Eliade, Mircea : 1907-1986
K1 L©♭vi-Strauss, Claude
K1 Dum©♭zil, Georges : 1898-1986
K1 Eliade, Mircea 1907-1986 : Dumézil, Georges 1898-1986 : Eliade, Mircea 1907-1986 : Lévi-Strauss, Claude : 1900-1999
K1 Dumézil, Georges
K1 Eliade, Mircea
K1 Myth : History : 20th century
K1 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT ; Gaia & Earth Energies
K1 RELIGION ; Christianity ; General
K1 Myth
K1 History
K1 Electronic books : History