Myth In The Modern World

Author : David Whitt,John Perlich
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781476614496

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Myth in the Modern World by David Whitt,John Perlich Pdf

Ubiquitous and enduring, myths are an inherent part of culture. These 10 essays explore the role of myth in the modern world, delving not only into science fiction and fantasy, but also into sport, terrorist rhetoric and television. Contributors contemplate the changing face of the hero in Breaking Bad, Justified and the Japanese film trilogy 20th Century Boys; explore ideology in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Fire and Ice novels and the HBO series Game of Thrones, Showtime’s The L Word, and The Day the Earth Stood Still; and examine Al Qaeda’s use of myth to justify its violent actions. Other essays consider the hero ideal in sport, the wolf myth in Twilight and the comic persona of Hercules in the Travel Channel series Man v. Food. The power of myth, this volume reveals, extends beyond ancient stories of gods and heroes to express the hopes, fears and reality of everyday life.

Author : Timothy Stacey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367892871

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Myth and Solidarity in the Modern World by Timothy Stacey Pdf

In the context of the rise of reactionary politics across the globe, this book seeks new ways of developing solidarity across religious, political and economic differences. Drawing on an increasingly influential Christian theological movement, postliberalism, it claims that the dominance of liberal, secular rationality has blinded people to the fundamental role of transcendence and myth in developing solidarity. The result is either atrophy, or a retrenching in divisive myths of faith, race, nation or economic status. Liberalism is now a dominant force across the globe. But its resonance in the Anglo-Saxon West, from which it originates and has been most fully realized, is relatively underexplored. The book thus follows two simultaneous lines of enquiry. Firstly, a genealogical study of social scientific and policy iterations of the relationship between belief and solidarity in the Anglo-Saxon West, placing postliberal theory into dialogue with the sociology and anthropology of religion, politics and economics. Secondly, it draws from original ethnographic research with groups in London, UK, that seek to develop solidarity in the face of deep-seated difference. By bringing a new way of framing these contentious debates about contemporary society, this research offers tools for more productive conversations around religious and political topics, in particular concluding with a clear policy proposal. It is, therefore, a useful resource for both academics of theology and religious studies, political philosophy, sociology and anthropology; and for politicians, policy makers and practitioners hoping to develop solidarity in the modern world.

Author : Philip Ball
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780226823843

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The Modern Myths by Philip Ball Pdf

With The Modern Myths, brilliant science communicator Philip Ball spins a new yarn. From novels and comic books to B-movies, it is an epic exploration of literature, new media and technology, the nature of storytelling, and the making and meaning of our most important tales. Myths are usually seen as stories from the depths of time—fun and fantastical, but no longer believed by anyone. Yet, as Philip Ball shows, we are still writing them—and still living them—today. From Robinson Crusoe and Frankenstein to Batman, many stories written in the past few centuries are commonly, perhaps glibly, called “modern myths.” But Ball argues that we should take that idea seriously. Our stories of Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Sherlock Holmes are doing the kind of cultural work that the ancient myths once did. Through the medium of narratives that all of us know in their basic outline and which have no clear moral or resolution, these modern myths explore some of our deepest fears, dreams, and anxieties. We keep returning to these tales, reinventing them endlessly for new uses. But what are they really about, and why do we need them? What myths are still taking shape today? And what makes a story become a modern myth? In The Modern Myths, Ball takes us on a wide-ranging tour of our collective imagination, asking what some of its most popular stories reveal about the nature of being human in the modern age.

Author : Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0271046589

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New Myth, New World by Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal Pdf

The Nazis' use and misuse of Nietzsche is well known. In this pioneering book, Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal excavates the trail of long-obscured Nietzschean ideas that took root in late Imperial Russia, intertwining with other elements in the culture to become a vital ingredient of Bolshevism and Stalinism.

Author : Karen Armstrong
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780307367297

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A Short History of Myth (Myths series) by Karen Armstrong Pdf

What are myths? How have they evolved? And why do we still so desperately need them? A history of myth is a history of humanity, Karen Armstrong argues in this insightful and eloquent book: our stories and beliefs, our curiosity and attempts to understand the world, link us to our ancestors and each other. This is a brilliant and thought-provoking introduction to myth in the broadest sense–from Palaeolithic times to the “Great Western Transformation” of the last 500 years–and why we dismiss it only at our peril.

Author : David Adams Leeming
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1992-02-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780199762729

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The World of Myth by David Adams Leeming Pdf

Hercules, Zeus, Thor, Gilgamesh--these are the figures that leap to mind when we think of myth. But to David Leeming, myths are more than stories of deities and fantastic beings from non-Christian cultures. Myth is at once the most particular and the most universal feature of civilization, representing common concerns that each society voices in its own idiom. Whether an Egyptian story of creation or the big-bang theory of modern physics, myth is metaphor, mirroring our deepest sense of ourselves in relation to existence itself. Now, in The World of Myth, Leeming provides a sweeping anthology of myths, ranging from ancient Egypt and Greece to the Polynesian islands and modern science. We read stories of great floods from the ancient Babylonians, Hebrews, Chinese, and Mayans; tales of apocalypse from India, the Norse, Christianity, and modern science; myths of the mother goddess from Native American Hopi culture and James Lovelock's Gaia. Leeming has culled myths from Aztec, Greek, African, Australian Aboriginal, Japanese, Moslem, Hittite, Celtic, Chinese, and Persian cultures, offering one of the most wide-ranging collections of what he calls the collective dreams of humanity. More important, he has organized these myths according to a number of themes, comparing and contrasting how various societies have addressed similar concerns, or have told similar stories. In the section on dying gods, for example, both Odin and Jesus sacrifice themselves to renew the world, each dying on a tree. Such traditions, he proposes, may have their roots in societies of the distant past, which would ritually sacrifice their kings to renew the tribe. In The World of Myth, David Leeming takes us on a journey "not through a maze of falsehood but through a marvellous world of metaphor," metaphor for "the story of the relationship between the known and the unknown, both around us and within us." Fantastic, tragic, bizarre, sometimes funny, the myths he presents speak of the most fundamental human experience, a part of what Joseph Campbell called "the wonderful song of the soul's high adventure."

Author : David Pan
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810128163

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Sacrifice in the Modern World by David Pan Pdf

This book examines the continuing emphasis, in modern times, on sacrifice. The author takes a close look at Nazi Germany and discusses the ways in which sacrifice was distributed and structured within that society.

Author : Richard M. Dorson
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783110803099

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Folklore in the Modern World by Richard M. Dorson Pdf

Papers presented at the 9th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Chicago, 1973.

Author : Raphael Patai
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Social Science
ISBN : IND:30000001735970

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Myth and Modern Man by Raphael Patai Pdf

Author : Gerald A. Larue
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Mythology
ISBN : 0913111244

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Ancient Myth and Modern Life by Gerald A. Larue Pdf

Author : Andrew Lang
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4057664118523

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Modern Mythology by Andrew Lang Pdf

This book, written by Andrew Lang, on the study of modern mythology is a captivating exploration of the ways in which myths are created in the wake of significant events. He discusses the process of mythmaking, examining how the stories and symbols that emerge out of a time of upheaval or trauma can shape our understanding of the world and provide a powerful source of meaning and connection.

Author : Joseph Campbell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Mythology
ISBN : OCLC:852677507

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Transformations of Myth Through Time by Joseph Campbell Pdf

Author : Peter Fitzpatrick
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134890507

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The Mythology of Modern Law by Peter Fitzpatrick Pdf

The Mythology of Modern Law is a radical reappraisal of the role of myth in modern society. Peter Fitzpatrick uses the example of law, as an integral category of modern social thought, to challenge the claims of modernity which deny the relevance of myth to modern society.

Author : Marie Vautier
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1998-01-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780773566880

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New World Myth by Marie Vautier Pdf

There is an emphasis on de-constructing, de-centring, de-stabilizing, and especially de-mythologizing in the study that illustrates New World myth narrators questioning the past in the present and carrying out their original investigations of myth, place, and identity. Underlining the fact that political realities are encoded in the language and narrative of the works, Vautier argues that the reworkings of literary, religious, and historical myths and political ideologies in these novels are grounded in their shared situation of being in and of the New World.

Author : A.J. Black
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476675633

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Myth-Building in Modern Media by A.J. Black Pdf

Mythology for centuries has served as humanity's window into understanding its distant past. In our modern world, storytelling creates its own myths and legends, in media ranging from the world of television and cinema to literature and comic books, that help us make sense of the world we live in today. What is the "Mytharc"? How did it arise? How does it inform modern long-form storytelling? How does the classical hero's journey intersect with modern myths and narratives? And where might the storytelling of tomorrow take readers and viewers as we imagine our future? From The X-Files to H.P. Lovecraft, from Lost to the Marvel cinematic universe and many worlds beyond, this study explores our modern storytelling mythology and where it may lead us.