02286nam a22003257a 450000500170000000800410001701000170005802000180007502000150009303500240010804000760013205000220020808200240023010000330025424500580028725000200034526000480036530000400041349000360045350400670048950502550055652009840081165000100179565000150180565000300182065000160185065000360186665000210190283000370192320231116101137.0150127t20152015nyua     b    001 0 eng    a  2015931933  a9780198724704  a0198724705  a(OCoLC)ocn914452460  aAU@bengcAU@erdadOCLCOdYDXCPdIQUdOCLCFdUABdON8dWHCCDdBD-DhBPA00aBL304b.S444 201504a201.3223bSEM 20151 aSegal, Robert Alan,eauthor.10aMyth :ba very short introduction /cRobert A. Segal.  aSecond edition.  aOxford : bOxford University Press, c2015.  a142 pages :billustrations ;c18 cm1 aVery short introductions ;v111  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 127-138) and index.0 aIntroduction: Theories of myth -- Myth and science -- Myth and philosophy -- Myth and religion -- Myth and ritual -- Myth and literature -- Myth and psychology -- Myth and structure -- Myth and politics -- Conclusion: Bringing myth back to the world.  aPRE-CHRISTIAN EUROPEAN & MEDITERRANEAN RELIGIONS. Where do myths come from? What is their function and what do they mean? In this Very Short Introduction Robert Segal introduces the array of approaches used to understand the study of myth. These approaches hail from disciplines as varied as anthropology, sociology, psychology, literary criticism, philosophy, science, and religious studies. Including ideas from theorists as varied as Sigmund Freud, Claude Levi-Strauss, Albert Camus, and Roland Barthes, Segal uses the famous ancient myth of Adonis to analyse their individual approaches and theories. In this new edition, he not only considers the future study of myth, but also considers the interactions of myth theory with cognitive science, the implications of the myth of Gaia, and the differences between story-telling and myth. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. 0aMyth. 0aMythology. 0aMythxStudy and teaching. 7aMyth.2fast 7aMythxStudy and teaching.2fast 7aMythology.2fast 0aVery short introductions ;v111.