Medias
Social Myths and Collective Imaginaries
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Myths are commonly associated with illusions or with deceptive, dangerous discourse, and are often perceived as largely the domain of premodern societies. But even in our post-industrial, technologically driven world, myths – Western or Eastern, ancient or modern, religious or scientific – are in fact powerful, pervasive forces.
In Social Myths and Collective Imaginaries, Gérard Bouchard conceptualizes myths as vessels of sacred values that transcend the division between pri
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Technical specifications
Release date | January 13th 2017 |
Language | English |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
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Accessibility | No information is available regarding the accessibility of the format Paper |