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"The Myth of Disaster Myths" published on by Oxford University Press.

Part I. Reading myth : Order : Dying gods ; Words and the word ; The mythical method -- Chaos : The comic vision ; Singer as shaman ; The sacred and the profane ; The heart-of-darkness trip -- Endings : The circuitous quest ; The rhetoric of revelation ; Apocalypse without apocalypse -- Part II. Mythic reading : Truth : Realism and non-realism ; Allegory: the perspective of perfection ; Radical typology: permanent possibility ; Enlightenment and counter-enlightenment --Psyche : The primal crime ; The search for the self ; The grammar of the mind -- History : Criticism as vision ; A single story? ; Testaments of deliverance -- Earth : The war on nature ; Nature now and then ; Nature as revelation ; A religion of the world

"Compiling and critiquing modern theories and theorists of myth, this book offers an overview of theories around the origin and function of various mythologies and mythological figures, allowing wider theoretical claims to be made about the relationship between societies and their myths. This ambitious collection of essays uses the tools and viewpoints of a range of disciplines in order to advocate for theoretical generalizations about myth as a whole. The book is divided into five sections, covering topics such as, myth and psychoanalysis; hero myths; myth and science; myth and politics; and myth and the physical world. Chapters engage with Freud, Jung, Popper and other thinkers, demonstrating how myth still plays a vital role in our communities and individual identities. The synthesising of these theories allows the reader to see that myths tend to be the result of a need, either material or existential, rather than a spontaneous creation. This is a fascinating survey by a leading voice in the study of myth. As such, it will be of great interest to scholars of myth and how it interacts with Sociology, Anthropology, Politics and Economics"--

pt. 1. Translation and myth : across languages, media, and cultures -- pt. 2. William Blake's myth -- pt. 3. Myth in early United States literature -- pt. 4. Myth in modern and contemporary poetry -- pt. 5. Myth in new political and cultural environments.

1. Hans Blumenberg : an introduction -- 2. Myth and the human sciences during the Sattelzeit -- 3. German philosophy and the 'will to science' -- 4. Davos and after, or the function of anthropology -- 5. Promethean anthropologies -- 6. Goethe's 'Prometheus,' or on cultural selection -- 7. 'After the work on myth' : the political reception of Work on myth -- 8. Conclusion : political myth in the Blumenberg Nachlass.

Thousands of years ago, before systems of writing existed, every civilization passed on knowledge through storytelling. This is called the oral tradition. Some tales were fiction, but some were true history. Today, historians recognize that history books often lack some crucial details about important events, details that can be properly captured through the accounts of people who were actually there. This book, which supports elementary social studies curricula, focuses on oral histories, including what they are, why they're essential to the historical record, and how readers can record them for themselves.

Klappentext: - Herfried Münkler schreibt über die Deutschen und ihre Geschichte im Spiegel ihrer Mythen. Dabei erweckt er alte Sagen - etwa um die Nibelungen - zu neuem Leben, besichtigt schicksalhafte Orte wie Weimar, Nürnberg oder den Rhein und lässt historische Persönlichkeiten wie Hermann den Cherusker, Friedrich den Großen oder den Papst auftreten - selbst die D-Mark fehlt nicht in diesem Reigen. In einer großen historischen Analyse zeigt Münkler, wie Mythen unsere nationale Identität geformt haben und welch motivierende und mobilisierende Kraft ihnen eignet - im Positiven wie im Negativen. Denn in der deutschen Geschichte gingen Mythos und Politik stets Hand in Hand. So dienten die Schlacht im Teutoburger Wald oder der Drachentöter Siegfried der inneren Militarisierung der Deutschen, und das "Unternehmen Barbarossa" führte sie direkt in den Untergang. Nach 1945 erblühte die Bundesrepublik im Mythos vom "Wirtschaftswunder", die DDR richtete sich am "antifaschistischen Widerstand" auf. Heute dagegen ist Deutschland ein mythenarmes Land - ist das ein Fluch oder ein Segen?

Versuch eines Anthropologen, die Bildung der stereotypen Vorurteile der Weißen gegenüber den Schwarzen nachzuvollziehen. (DÜI-Rog)