Mythic Thinking in Twentieth-Century Britain Meaning for Modernity

A variety of thinkers used the concept of myth to articulate their anxieties about modernity. By telling the story of mythic thinking in Britain from its origins in Victorian social anthropology to its postwar cultural mainstreaming, this book reveals a yearning for transcendence in an age long assu...

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Autor principal: Sterenberg, Matthew (-)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan 2013.
Colección:Springer eBooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:A variety of thinkers used the concept of myth to articulate their anxieties about modernity. By telling the story of mythic thinking in Britain from its origins in Victorian social anthropology to its postwar cultural mainstreaming, this book reveals a yearning for transcendence in an age long assumed to be disenchanted.
Descripción Física:VIII, 260 p.
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781137354976