Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 413 g
Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 413 g
Reihe: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
ISBN: 978-0-367-18953-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
This work draws upon European cultural theorists, particularly Schelling, Nietzsche, Freud, Bataille and Baudrillard, to challenge the dominant pejorative view of myth. It argues that myth has been subjected to an intensive process of profanation yet nevertheless is always implicated in society, politics and temporality. The work examines sacred dimensions of myth, the modern myth of desire and some cultural effects of the profanation process.
The intended audience is undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.
Zielgruppe
Postgraduate and Undergraduate
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction
Chapter One: Myth, Society, (A)theogony
Chapter Two: Left Pole of the Sacred
Chapter Three: Society, Heterology and Transparency
Chapter Four: Profanations of Sex and Death
Chapter Five: After Profanation: myth and disappearance
Concluding remarks
Bibliography
Index