When the Golden Bough Breaks

Structuralism or Typology?

Peter Munz (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

160 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-19461-8 (ISBN)

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This original, provocative study, first published in 1973, presents a new method of interpretation of mythology, and reveals the wide-ranging implications of this universal phenomenon for many disciplines. The volume begins with a sympathetic but critical examination of Lévi-Strauss’s interpretation of mythology. Professor Munz points out the deficiencies in structuralist interpretations, and takes Lévi-Strauss’s neglect of the historicity of all myths as a starting-point for an alternative approach to mythology. Myths, he argues, come in typological series. If the whole series is read forward to the most specific version, the myths will reveal their inherent meaning typologically.

Peter Munz

1. Introduction 2. A Critique of Structuralism 3. The Ambivalence of the Distinction Between Structuralism and Functionalism 4. The Phenomenon of Typology 5. The Opportunism of Structuralism 6. Typological Interpretation 7. Myths and Metaphysics 8. Metaphysics and Symbols 9. Symbols and Signs 10. Symbols and Psychology 11. The Truth Value of Symbols 12. The Equivalence of Symbols 13. Metaphors and Societies

Erscheinungsdatum	29.06.2016
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Library Editions: Anthropology of Religion
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	385 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-138-19461-1 / 1138194611
ISBN-13	978-1-138-19461-8 / 9781138194618
Zustand	Neuware