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Myth, Mind and Religion
The Apocalyptic Narrative
Buch von Abraham Rotstein
Sprache: Englisch

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The French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss scoured the Amazon forest for the myths of its primitive peoples. He found that a certain logic governed the construction of these myths¿his mythologique; he regarded this logic as innate in the human mind and thus universal. Despite this claim of universality, Lévi-Strauss deliberately sidestepped the myths of the biblical religions as well as the myths of modern societies. This proved to be a missed opportunity since these myths lend themselves very well to his mode of analysis.

The apocalyptic narrative is the ongoing myth of Western society. It makes its first appearance in the Bible in the story of the Exodus and in the Passion of Christ. Its characteristic feature is its opening scenario of one or another form of unendurable oppression¿ whether the Pharaoh in Egypt for the Jews or the bondage of the body for Christians. ¿Lord and servant¿ is the binary pair that prevails and through a process of inversion leads to the Kingdom of Heaven (celestial or terrestrial). The work of Augustine and Luther follow suit as surprisingly enough, do the Lutheran Hegel and the Hegelian Marx. In every case, the initial oppression is inverted and a sublime destination ensues.

A demonic version of the same apocalyptic narrative appears in the 1930s. The Nazis point to their own tale of ¿oppression¿ of the German people and in the same fashion proclaim the Dritte Tausendjährige Reich. It is a terrible irony but perhaps Lévi-Strauss¿s mythologique may help us to see through the ¿glass¿ a little less darkly.
The French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss scoured the Amazon forest for the myths of its primitive peoples. He found that a certain logic governed the construction of these myths¿his mythologique; he regarded this logic as innate in the human mind and thus universal. Despite this claim of universality, Lévi-Strauss deliberately sidestepped the myths of the biblical religions as well as the myths of modern societies. This proved to be a missed opportunity since these myths lend themselves very well to his mode of analysis.

The apocalyptic narrative is the ongoing myth of Western society. It makes its first appearance in the Bible in the story of the Exodus and in the Passion of Christ. Its characteristic feature is its opening scenario of one or another form of unendurable oppression¿ whether the Pharaoh in Egypt for the Jews or the bondage of the body for Christians. ¿Lord and servant¿ is the binary pair that prevails and through a process of inversion leads to the Kingdom of Heaven (celestial or terrestrial). The work of Augustine and Luther follow suit as surprisingly enough, do the Lutheran Hegel and the Hegelian Marx. In every case, the initial oppression is inverted and a sublime destination ensues.

A demonic version of the same apocalyptic narrative appears in the 1930s. The Nazis point to their own tale of ¿oppression¿ of the German people and in the same fashion proclaim the Dritte Tausendjährige Reich. It is a terrible irony but perhaps Lévi-Strauss¿s mythologique may help us to see through the ¿glass¿ a little less darkly.
Über den Autor
Abraham Rotstein was Emeritus Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of Toronto and a distinguished Senior Fellow of Massey College. He was a renowned Canadian intellectual who engaged with the great issues of his era; a brilliant educator who inspired generations of students at the University of Toronto and received their highest ratings; a kind, elegant and witty person who refused to despair when the time had not as yet come for the causes he espoused. His message may take on new meaning and importance in this, his final work, Myth, Mind and Religion.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface - Acknowledgments - The Hunt for "Alienation" - Lévi-Strauss: "The Architecture of the Mind" - The Hebrew Bible - The Christian Bible - The Replica - Augustine - Luther - Hegel - Marx - Nazism - Conclusion - Index - About the Author.

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Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Importe, Religion & Theologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781433122279
ISBN-10: 1433122278
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 312227
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Rotstein, Abraham
Hersteller: Peter Lang
Peter Lang Publishing Inc.
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Zeitfracht Medien GmbH, Ferdinand-Jühlke-Str. 7, D-99095 Erfurt, produktsicherheit@zeitfracht.de
Maße: 231 x 155 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Abraham Rotstein
Erscheinungsdatum: 04.01.2018
Gewicht: 0,439 kg
Artikel-ID: 111034060
Über den Autor
Abraham Rotstein was Emeritus Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of Toronto and a distinguished Senior Fellow of Massey College. He was a renowned Canadian intellectual who engaged with the great issues of his era; a brilliant educator who inspired generations of students at the University of Toronto and received their highest ratings; a kind, elegant and witty person who refused to despair when the time had not as yet come for the causes he espoused. His message may take on new meaning and importance in this, his final work, Myth, Mind and Religion.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface - Acknowledgments - The Hunt for "Alienation" - Lévi-Strauss: "The Architecture of the Mind" - The Hebrew Bible - The Christian Bible - The Replica - Augustine - Luther - Hegel - Marx - Nazism - Conclusion - Index - About the Author.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Importe, Religion & Theologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781433122279
ISBN-10: 1433122278
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 312227
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Rotstein, Abraham
Hersteller: Peter Lang
Peter Lang Publishing Inc.
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Zeitfracht Medien GmbH, Ferdinand-Jühlke-Str. 7, D-99095 Erfurt, produktsicherheit@zeitfracht.de
Maße: 231 x 155 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Abraham Rotstein
Erscheinungsdatum: 04.01.2018
Gewicht: 0,439 kg
Artikel-ID: 111034060
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