The persistence of myth as symbolic form
Subtitle: proceedings of an international conference held by the Centre for Intercultural Studies at the University of Glasgow, 16-18 September 2005
By: edited by Paul Bishop and R.H. Stephenson.
Contributors: Bishop, Paul, 1967-; Stephenson, R. H.; University of Glasgow. Centre for Intercultural Studies.
Series: Cultural studies and the symbolic -- 3
Publisher: Maney
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leeds, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781904350293
Subjects: Cassirer, Ernst, -- 1874-1945 -- Congresses; Myth -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Description: "As a central part of his philosophy of symbolic forms - as a form of religious expression, and as a political problematic - the question of myth belongs at the heart of Ernst Cassier's intellectual enterprise. Using a variety of methodological and conceptual approaches, these papers examine the persistence of myth as a symbolic form from a variety of perspectives: philosophical, anthropological, psychological, political, and historico-cultural. In its way each paper attempts, in Cassirer's phrase, to 'see the adversary face to face'."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.