Social myths and collective imaginaries /

Western or Eastern, ancient or modern, religious or scientific, myths are strikingly underestimated forces in contemporary society. In our rational, enlightened and supposedly civilized society myths have come to be perceived as the exclusive attribute of so-called pre-modern societies. In Social My...

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Main Author:	Bouchard, Gérard, 1943- (Author)
Other Authors:	Scott, Howard, 1952- (Translator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Translated from the French. Translation of: Raison et déraison du mythe.
Published:	Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2017]
Edition:	English language edition.
Subjects:	Myth. Social representations.