The Implied Spider - Politics and Theology in Myth

Updated with a new Preface
ISBN: 978-0-231-15641-7
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 464 g

Reihe: American Lectures on the History of Religions

Wendy Doniger's foundational study is both modern in its engagement with a diverse range of religions and refreshingly classic in its transhistorical, cross-cultural approach. By responsibly analyzing patterns and themes across context, Doniger reinvigorates the comparative reading of religion, tapping into a wealth of narrative traditions, from the instructive tales of Judaism and Christianity to the moral lessons of the Bhagavad Gita. She extracts political meaning from a variety of texts while respecting the original ideas of each. A new preface confronts the difficulty of contextualizing the comparison of religions as well as controversies over choosing subjects and positioning arguments, and the text itself is expanded and updated throughout.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Doniger, Wendy

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie des Brauchtums und der Traditionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Volkskunde: Sitten, Traditionen, Mythen, Legenden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the Updated Edition: Context and HistoryAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Myth and Metaphor1. Microscopes and Telescopes2. Dark Cats, Barking Dogs, Chariots, and Knives3. Implied Spiders and the Politics of Individualism4. Micromyths, Macromyths, and Multivocality5. Mother Goose and the Voices of Women6. Textual Pluralism and Academic PluralismNotesBibliographyIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Wendy Doniger is the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions in the Divinity School at the University of Chicago. She is also a professor in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations and a member of the university's Committee on Social Thought. Her books include Dreams, Illusion, and Other Realities; Other Peoples' Myths: The Cave of Echoes, and The Bedtrick: Tales of Sex and Masquerade.