Robert Segal considers the future study of myth, and the possible function of myth in the world as the adult equivalent of play. In order to analyze the different theories of myth, Segal focuses on the fable concerning the fate of the preternaturally beautiful www.doorway.rus: Theorizing about Myth: Author: Robert Alan Segal: Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press, Original from: the University of Virginia: Digitized: Jun 5, ISBN: · Robert A. Segal. · Rating details · 15 ratings · 2 reviews. For two hundred years the subject of myth—its origin, function, and significance—has been addressed again and again, first by theologians and philosophers and then by anthropologists, sociologists, and psychologists. From the outset the topic has sparked intense debate, with differing opinions expressed on everything from /5.
Robert A. Segal is Professor and Sixth Century Chair in Religious Studies at the University of Aberdeen, U.K. Since March , he is a Professorial Research Fellow at the Department of Religious Studies, University of Vienna. Previously () he was Professor of Theories of Religion at Lancaster University, where he taught for twelve. Theorizing About Myth by Robert A. Segal ISBN ISBN Paperback; Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, July ; ISBN Get FREE shipping on Theorizing About Myth by Robert A. Segal, from www.doorway.ru For two hundred years the subject of myth?its origin, function, and significance?has been addressed again and again, first by theologians and philosophers and then by anthropologists, sociologists, and psychologists. From the outset the.
Robert Segal considers the future study of myth, and the possible function of myth in the world as the adult equivalent of play. In order to analyze the different theories of myth, Segal focuses on the fable concerning the fate of the preternaturally beautiful Adonis. Editors: Nickolas P. Roubekas and Thomas Ryba. In Explaining, Interpreting, and Theorizing Religion and Myth: Contributions in Honor of Robert A. Segal, nineteen renowned scholars offer a collection of essays addressing the persisting question of how to approach religion and myth as academic categories. Taking their cue from the work of Robert A. Segal, they discuss how to theorize about religion and myth from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Theorizing About Myth is a book by the University of Aberdeen religious studies scholar Robert A. Segal that offers an alternative interpretation of the Adonis myth. In chapter seven, "Adonis: A Greek Eternal Child", he puts forth his theory of Adonis, not as a vegetation god but as an archetype of the eternal child, the Jungian puer.
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