In all cultures and at all times, humans have been telling stories about who they were, what the world and human life is about. To the insider, myths may contain Truth (with a capital 'T'), revelation and the 'history of ourselves'; whereas to the outsider it may be considered anything from folly and pre-logical mentality, to neurotic, infantile and 'wishful thinking'. Such judgements aside, myths tell us about human creativity, the impact of narrativity on human ways of understanding, on cultural epistemologies and the many ways of 'world making'. These issues also spark considerations...
In all cultures and at all times, humans have been telling stories about who they were, what the world and human life is about. To the insider, myths ...
Jeppe Sindin Russell T. McCutcheon Jeppe Sinding Jensen
In all cultures and at all times, humans have told stories about where they came from, who they are and how they should live their lives. 'Myths and Mythologies' brings together the key classic and contemporary writings - philosophical, psychological, sociological, semiological and cognitivist - on myth. To the insider, myths contain truth, revelation and a 'history of ourselves'; to the outsider, a culture s myths can be seen as the product of foolish, infantile and wishful thinking. Myths tell us about specific cultures, about human creativity, and how narrative shapes and reflects...
In all cultures and at all times, humans have told stories about where they came from, who they are and how they should live their lives. 'Myths and M...
What are the global and cross-cultural phenomena of religion anyway? They are not things-in-the-world, not things in themselves, and yet we know they are very real because they constitute the means by which we make up our lives. As thought, language, society and culture are not illusions, neither is religion. This book is about the present plight - and future possibility - of a general and comparative study of religion as a field of inquiry in the human sciences. Jensen proposes a different look at the phenomenon of religion, and perhaps so much of a re-interpretation that it may appear to be...
What are the global and cross-cultural phenomena of religion anyway? They are not things-in-the-world, not things in themselves, and yet we know they ...