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Myth: A Very Short Introduction
This book by Robert A. Segal is a concise, elegant, erudite overview of the major nineteenth and twentieth century theories of myth, using the Adonis narrative as a litmus test case for various approaches.
Alan Dundes, Professor of Anthropology and Folklore,
University of California, Berkeley
A delightfully clear, engagingly organized, and remarkably comprehensive treatment of theories of myth.
Ivan Strenski, Holstein Family and Community Professor, Department of
Religious Studies, University of California at Riverside
This is the most helpful orientation to the field of mythological studies that I have ever encountered.
John Beebe, M.D., Past President, The C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco
Segal writes to be understood and to instruct . . . One learns from the book much that will encourage and ease further reading.
William M. Calder III, William Abbott Oldfather Professor of the Classics,
University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
This remarkably clear book is probably the widest-ranging presentation ever written of the various contemporary approaches to myth.
Antoine Faivre, Professor Emeritus at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Religious Studies, Sorbonne
The whole discussion is a profound exploration of a subject that touches on human experience, hopes, and expectations in religion, philosophy, drama, literature, and psychology.
John Rogerson, Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies,
University of Sheffield
VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONS are for anyone wanting a stimulating and accessible way in to a new subject. They are written by experts, and have been published in more than 25 languages worldwide.
The series began in 1995, and now represents a wide variety of topics in history, philosophy, religion, science, and the humanities. Over the next few years it will grow to a library of around 200 volumes – a Very Short Introduction to everything from ancient Egypt and Indian philosophy to conceptual art and cosmology.
Very Short Introductions available now:
ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY |
CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY |
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Julia Annas |
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Simon Critchley |
THE ANGLO-SAXON AGE |
COSMOLOGY Peter Coles |
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John Blair |
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CRYPTOGRAPHY |
ANIMAL RIGHTS |
David DeGrazia |
Fred Piper and Sean Murphy |
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ARCHAEOLOGY |
Paul Bahn |
DADA AND SURREALISM |
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ARCHITECTURE |
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David Hopkins |
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Andrew Ballantyne |
DARWIN Jonathan Howard |
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ARISTOTLE Jonathan Barnes |
DEMOCRACY Bernard Crick |
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ART HISTORY |
Dana Arnold |
DESCARTES Tom Sorell |
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ART THEORY |
Cynthia Freeland |
DRUGS Leslie Iversen |
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THE HISTORY OF |
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THE EARTH Martin Redfern |
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ASTRONOMY |
Michael Hoskin |
EGYPTIAN MYTH |
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ATHEISM |
Julian Baggini |
Geraldine Pinch |
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AUGUSTINE |
Henry Chadwick |
EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY |
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BARTHES |
Jonathan Culler |
BRITAIN Paul Langford |
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THE BIBLE |
John Riches |
THE ELEMENTS Philip Ball |
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BRITISH POLITICS |
EMOTION Dylan Evans |
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Anthony Wright |
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EMPIRE |
Stephen Howe |
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BUDDHA |
Michael Carrithers |
ENGELS |
Terrell Carver |
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BUDDHISM |
Damien Keown |
ETHICS |
Simon Blackburn |
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CAPITALISM |
James Fulcher |
THE EUROPEAN UNION |
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THE CELTS |
Barry |
Cunliffe |
John Pinder |
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CHOICE THEORY |
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EVOLUTION |
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Michael Allingham |
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Brian and Deborah Charlesworth |
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CHRISTIAN ART |
Beth Williamson |
FASCISM |
Kevin Passmore |
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CLASSICS |
Mary Beard and |
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION |
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John Henderson |
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William Doyle |
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CLAUSEWITZ |
Michael Howard |
FREUD |
Anthony Storr |
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THE COLD WAR |
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GALILEO |
Stillman Drake |
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Robert McMahon |
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GANDHI Bhikhu Parekh |
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GLOBALIZATION Manfred Steger |
PLATO Julia Annas |
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HEGEL |
Peter Singer |
POLITICS Kenneth Minogue |
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HEIDEGGER |
Michael Inwood |
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY |
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HINDUISM |
Kim Knott |
David Miller |
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HISTORY |
John H. Arnold |
POSTCOLONIALISM |
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HOBBES |
Richard Tuck |
Robert Young |
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HUME |
A. J. Ayer |
POSTMODERNISM |
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IDEOLOGY |
Michael Freeden |
Christopher Butler |
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INDIAN PHILOSOPHY |
POSTSTRUCTURALISM |
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Sue Hamilton |
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Catherine Belsey |
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INTELLIGENCE |
Ian J. Deary |
PREHISTORY Chris Gosden |
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ISLAM |
Malise Ruthven |
PRESOCRATIC PHILOSOPHY |
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JUDAISM |
Norman Solomon |
Catherine Osborne |
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JUNG |
Anthony Stevens |
PSYCHOLOGY |
Gillian Butler and |
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KANT |
Roger Scruton |
Freda McManus |
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KIERKEGAARD |
Patrick Gardiner |
QUANTUM THEORY |
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THE KORAN |
Michael Cook |
John Polkinghorne |
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LINGUISTICS |
Peter Matthews |
ROMAN BRITAIN Peter Salway |
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LITERARY THEORY |
ROUSSEAU |
Robert Wokler |
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Jonathan Culler |
RUSSELL A. C. Grayling |
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LOCKE |
John Dunn |
RUSSIAN LITERATURE |
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LOGIC |
Graham Priest |
Catriona Kelly |
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MACHIAVELLI |
Quentin Skinner |
THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION |
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MARX |
Peter Singer |
S. A. Smith |
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MATHEMATICS Timothy Gowers |
SCHIZOPHRENIA |
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MEDIEVAL BRITAIN |
Chris Frith and Eve Johnstone |
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John Gillingham and |
SCHOPENHAUER |
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Ralph A. Griffiths |
Christopher Janaway |
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MODERN IRELAND Senia Pasˇeta |
SHAKESPEARE |
Germaine Greer |
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MOLECULES |
Philip Ball |
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL |
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MUSIC |
Nicholas Cook |
ANTHROPOLOGY |
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MYTH |
Robert A. Segal |
John Monaghan and Peter Just |
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NIETZSCHE |
Michael Tanner |
SOCIOLOGY |
Steve Bruce |
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NINETEENTH-CENTURY |
SOCRATES C. C. W. Taylor |
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BRITAIN |
Christopher Harvie and |
SPINOZA Roger Scruton |
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H. C. G. Matthew |
STUART BRITAIN John Morrill |
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NORTHERN IRELAND |
TERRORISM |
Charles Townshend |
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Marc Mulholland |
THEOLOGY |
David F. Ford |
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PARTICLE PHYSICS Frank Close |
THE TUDORS |
John Guy |
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PAUL |
E. P. Sanders |
TWENTIETH-CENTURY |
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PHILOSOPHY |
Edward Craig |
BRITAIN |
Kenneth O. Morgan |
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PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE |
WITTGENSTEIN |
A. C. Grayling |
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Samir Okasha |
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WORLD MUSIC |
Philip Bohlman |
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Available soon:
AFRICAN HISTORY |
HIEROGLYPHS |
Penelope Wilson |
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John Parker and Richard Rathbone |
HIROSHIMA |
B. R. Tomlinson |
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ANCIENT EGYPT Ian Shaw |
HUMAN EVOLUTION |
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THE BRAIN |
Michael O’Shea |
Bernard Wood |
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BUDDHIST ETHICS |
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS |
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Damien Keown |
Paul Wilkinson |
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CHAOS |
Leonard Smith |
JAZZ Brian Morton |
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CHRISTIANITY |
MANDELA Tom Lodge |
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Linda Woodhead |
MEDICAL ETHICS |
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CITIZENSHIP |
Richard Bellamy |
Tony Hope |
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CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE |
THE MIND Martin Davies |
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Robert Tavernor |
NATIONALISM |
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CLONING Arlene Judith Klotzko |
Steven Grosby |
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CONTEMPORARY ART |
PERCEPTION |
Richard Gregory |
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Julian Stallabrass |
PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION |
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THE CRUSADES |
Jack Copeland and Diane Proudfoot |
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Christopher Tyerman |
PHOTOGRAPHY |
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DERRIDA |
Simon Glendinning |
Steve Edwards |
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DESIGN |
John Heskett |
THE RAJ Denis Judd |
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DINOSAURS |
David Norman |
THE RENAISSANCE |
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DREAMING |
J. Allan Hobson |
Jerry Brotton |
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ECONOMICS |
Partha Dasgupta |
RENAISSANCE ART |
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EXISTENTIALISM Thomas Flynn |
Geraldine Johnson |
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THE FIRST WORLD WAR |
SARTRE Christina Howells |
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Michael Howard |
THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR |
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FREE WILL Thomas Pink |
Helen Graham |
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FUNDAMENTALISM |
TRAGEDY Adrian Poole |
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Malise Ruthven |
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY |
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HABERMAS |
Gordon Finlayson |
Martin Conway |
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