Myths to Live by
by Campbell, Joseph
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670503592
- ISBN 13
- 9780670503599
- Seller
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Synopsis
What is a properly functioning mythology and what are its functions? Can we use myths to help relieve our modern anxiety, or do they help foster it? In Myths to Live by, Joseph Campbell explores the enduring power of the universal myths that influence our lives daily and examines the myth-making process from the primitive past to the immediate present, retuning always to the source from which all mythology springs: the creative imagination. Campbell stresses that the borders dividing the Earth have been shattered; that myths and religions have always followed the certain basic archetypes and are no longer exclusive to a single people, region, or religion. He shows how we must recognize their common denominators and allow this knowledge to be of use in fulfilling human potential everywhere.
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- Bookseller
- Tulsa Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024056
- Title
- Myths to Live by
- Author
- Campbell, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670503592
- ISBN 13
- 9780670503599
- Publisher
- Viking Press; (1972)
- Place of Publication
- NY
- This edition first published
- 1972
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