Short History of Myth

Name: Short History of Myth
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ISBN: 9781841958002

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ISBN-13: 9781841958002

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Authors: Karen Armstrong

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This brilliant, readable synthesis of the history of mythology and the function it serves to humanity is the launch title of the groundbreaking publishing event, "The Myths." "Human beings have always been mythmakers." So begins Karen Armstrong's concise yet compelling investigation into myth: what it is, how it has evolved, and why we still so desperately need it. She takes us from the Paleolithic period and the myths of the hunters right up to the "Great Western Transformation" of the last five hundred years and the discrediting of myth by science. The history of myth is the history of humanity, our stories and beliefs, our curiosity and attempts to understand the world, which link us to…

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List price: $16.00
Publisher: Canongate Books
Publication date: 10/9/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 4.80" wide x 7.60" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English

Karen Armstrong is one of the foremost commentators on religious affairs in both Britain and the United States. She spent seven years as a Roman Catholic nun and received a degree at Oxford University.