Four Theories of Myth in Twentieth-century History: Cassirer, Eliade, Lévi-Strauss and Malinowski

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University of Iowa Press, 1987 - Religion - 234 pages
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Contents

Political Myths and Primitive Realities
13
Pragmatic Romantic Mythologist
42
Eliade and Myth in TwentiethCentury Romania
70
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About the author (1987)

Ivan Strenski is Holstein Family and Community Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Riverside. His previous publications include "Four Theories of Myth in Twentieth-Century History" (1988), "Religion in Relation: Method, Application, and Moral Location" (1993), "Durkheim and the Jews of France" (1997), "Contesting Sacrifice: Religion, Nationalism and Social Thought "(2002), "Theology and the First Theory of Sacrifice" (2003), and "The New Durkheim: Essays on Philosophy, Religious Identity and the Politics of Knowledge" (2006).

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TitleFour Theories of Myth in Twentieth-century History: Cassirer, Eliade, Lévi-Strauss and Malinowski
AuthorIvan Strenski
Editionreprint
PublisherUniversity of Iowa Press, 1987
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedJun 16, 2009
ISBN0877451818, 9780877451815
Length234 pages
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