The Myths We Live By [1 ed.] 9780415610247, 9781138834798, 9780203828328

With a new Introduction by the author 'An elegant and sane little book. – The New Statesman Myths, as Mary Mid

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The Myths We Live By [1 ed.]
9780415610247, 9781138834798, 9780203828328

In this witty and mischievous book, philosopher Peter Cave dissects the most controversial disputes today and uses philo

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Based on thirteen lectures delivered at the Cooper Union Forum between 1958 and 1971. Abstract: Based on thirteen lectur

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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

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Poems that focus on our relationships with the places we inhabit and that inhabit us.

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A challenge to the myths we hold about entrepreneurs in America—who they are, what they do, and how they succeed

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An in-depth analysis of how humanity’s compulsion to categorize affects every aspect of our lived experience. The minut

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This book examines emblems (or emblematic gestures) from a pragmatic view, that is to say, as autonomous gestures that f

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In this newly revised edition of the bestselling classic The Hero Within, Carol S. Pearson gives us a unique vocabulary

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The Bungle Book presents a demythology of six salient concepts central to our modern self-understanding, The “suspects”

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This book examines emblems (or emblematic gestures) from a pragmatic view, that is to say, as autonomous gestures that f

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