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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the French. Translation of: Raison et déraison du mythe. |
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Toronto ; Buffalo :
University of Toronto Press,
[2017]
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| Edition: | English language edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Myths and collective imaginaries
- What is a social myth?
- The mythification process
- The conditions for the effectiveness of myth
- Social myths : a pyramidal structure.