Myths to Live By
by Campbell, Joseph
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- 0553270885
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- 9780553270884
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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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- Title
- Myths to Live By
- Author
- Campbell, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0553270885
- ISBN 13
- 9780553270884
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Place of Publication
- New York, Ny, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1984-11-01
- X weight
- 6 oz
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