Myth and Mind

by Harvey Birenbaum

Overview

Presents a study of mythology based on the analysis of nonlinear form, the self's confrontation with its world, and the nature of mythic truth. Drawing on texts world-wide and on many theorists, including Cassirer, Eliade, Jung, Levi-Strauss, and Buber, the book develops a complex view of the relation between consciousness and culture. A conception of nonlinear, or 'qualitative,' logic provides the basis for a survey of mythic space, time, cause, identity, and values, with an emphasis on the experience of wonder through mythic imagery and narrative processes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780819167576
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	12/23/1987
Pages:	292
Product dimensions:	6.11(w) x 9.08(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

Harvey Birenbaum is Professor of English at San Jose State University.

Editorial Reviews

...a sensible book,...classical mythologists will find it worthwhile reading.

Classical World

...valuable for its wide-ranging synthesis of materials together with some fascinating insights into the relationship of myth and mind.

Religious Studies Review

...valuable for its wide-ranging synthesis of materials together with some fascinating insights into the relationship of myth and mind."--Religious Studies Review

...a sensible book, ...classical mythologists will find it worthwhile reading."--Classical World

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