With a new Introduction by the author 'An elegant and sane little book. – The New Statesman Myths, as Mary Midgley argues in this powerful book, are everywhere.
The book makes use of the rich material of recorded life stories, with examples stretching from the transient myths of contemporary Italian school children on strike, back to the family legends of classical Greece, and the traditional ...
Mary Midgley argues in this powerful book that, far from being the opposite of science, myth is a central part of it.
The book makes use of the rich material of recorded life stories, with examples stretching from the transient myths of contemporary Italian school children on strike, back to the family legends of classical Greece, and the traditional ...
The power of the myth in shaping the actions and the imagination of the present is considered in these essays, challenging traditional historical perceptions. Other History Workshop publications include Patriotism...
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