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Title |
Title of document |
Taking Responsibility for the Concept of “Myth” - How to Do Things with Myths |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Ivan Strenski; University of California Riverside (retired); |
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Subject |
Discipline(s) |
Religious Studies; Ethnography; Anthropology; Cultural Studies |
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Subject |
Keyword(s) |
myth; Richard Rorty; pragmatist; story; conceptualization |
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Subject |
Subject classification |
Myth |
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Description |
Abstract |
Arriving at a definition of myth is a creative, constructive effort, not a passive act of discovery. Following Richard Rorty’s “pragmatist” approach to conceptualization, the success of such a definition depends on how well it fits the use to which we seek to out the concept. Beginning with a grasp of the ordinary, everyday meaning of myth as ‘story,’ what kind of story merits being called a “myth”? |
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Publisher |
Organizing agency, location |
Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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Date |
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01-Jul-2024 |
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Peer-reviewed Article |
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Format |
File format |
PDF |
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Identifier |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/44972 |
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Identifier |
Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.44972 |
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Source |
Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; How to Do Things with Myths |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Rights |
Copyright and permissions |
Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |