The Politics of Myth
Subtitle: A Study of C.G. Jung, Mircea Eliade, and Joseph Campbell (Suny Series, Issues in the Study of Religion)
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: September 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780791443057
Subjects: Religion: general; Sociology; Mythologists; Campbell, Joseph,; Mythology; Political and social views; History & Theory - General; Religion; History; Eliade, Mircea,; Folklore & Mythology - Mythology; 1907-; Psychology of Religion; 1904-; 1904-1987; 1907-1986; 20th century; Attitudes
Description: "The Politics of Myth examines the political views implicit in the mythological theories of three of the most widely read popularizers of myth in the twentieth century, C. G. Jung, Mircea Eliade, and Joseph Campbell. All three had intellectual roots in the anti-modern pessimism and romanticism that also helped give rise to European fascism, and all three have been accused of fascist and anti-Semitic sentiments.

At the same time, they themselves tended toward individualistic views of the power of myth, believing that the world of ancient myth contained resources that could be of immense help to people baffled by the ambiguities and superficiality of modern life."--BOOK JACKET.

"Robert Ellwood details the life and thought of each mythologist and the intellectual and spiritual worlds within which they worked. He reviews the damaging charges that have been made about their politics, taking them seriously while endeavoring to put them in the context of the individual's entire career and lifetime contribution. Above all, he seeks to extract from their published work the view of the political world that seems most congruent with it."--BOOK JACKET.