ABSTRACT
Myths have intrigued scholars throughout history. 'Twentieth Century Mythologies' traces the study of myth over the last century, presenting the key theories of mythology and critiquing traditional definitions of myth. The volume presents the work of influential scholars in mythology: the noted Indo-Europeanist Georges Dumezil, the structuralist anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, and the historian of religions Mircea Eliade. 'Twentieth Century Mythologies' is an indispensable resource for scholars of religion and myth and for all those interested in the history of ideas.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |97 pages
Georges Dumézil, or Society
chapter |10 pages
The Indo-European background
chapter |8 pages
The first comparative mythologies
chapter |18 pages
Durkheim, Mauss, Bourdieu, and Dumézil
chapter |10 pages
The 1950s: a reorientation
chapter |20 pages
Comparative and structural evidence
chapter |30 pages
The new comparative mythology
part |67 pages
Claude Lévi-Strauss, or the Mind
chapter |12 pages
The symbolic order
chapter |24 pages
The Mythologiques: from overture to finale
chapter |12 pages
From Marx to Kant
chapter |8 pages
The semantics of myth
chapter |10 pages
A Buddhist among the Bororo
part |117 pages
Mircea Eliade, or the Sacred