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 · 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, . Abstract. A survey of the past years of theorizing on myth, Myth: A Very Short Introduction examines the work of such prominent thinkers as Albert Camus, Claude Lévi-Strauss, C. G. Jung, and Sigmund Freud. It focuses on different approaches to myth from all of the major disciplines — including science, religion, philosophy, literature, and psychology — and explores the origin of myths, their Missing: Robert A. Segal. 8 rows ·  · Myth: A Very Short Introduction. Myth.: Robert A. Segal. OUP Oxford, Jul 8, - History 3/5(1).

Myth: A Very Short Introduction - Robert Segal Jonte‐Pace, Diane MYTH: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION. By Robert Segal. New York: Oxford University Press, Pp. $, ISBN 0‐19‐‐4. Segal constructs a concise, accessible, and comprehensive survey of the major nineteenth and twentieth century. Robert A. Segal, Myth: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford, Oxford University Press, , pp., £, $ (paperback), ISBN 0 19 4. Myth: A Very Short Introduction. This book is not about myths, but about approaches to myth, from all of the major disciplines, including science, religion, philosophy, literature, and psychology. The fate of the preternaturally beautiful Adonis is one of the main fables upon which Segal focuses, in an attempt to analyse the various different.

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. Segal's women-these areas, not merely another idea concluding chapter, "The Future of the Study about a larger domain, might define the future of Myth," might well be retitled "Myth and study of myth. As it stands, Myth: A Very Short Make-believe" as it follows the set-up of the Introduction provides a nice summary of the This content. Myth: A Very Short Introduction. This book is not about myths, but about approaches to myth.