false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175576203m/532704.jpg 27311 23 &#8220;Human beings have always been mythmakers.&#8221; So begins best-selling writer Karen Armstrong&#8217;s concise yet compelling investigation into myth: what it is, how it has evolved, and why we still so desperately need it. She takes us from the Paleolithic period and the myths of the hunters right up to the &#8220;Great Western Transformation&#8221; of the last five hundred years and the discrediting of myth by science. The history of myth is the history of humanity, our stories and beliefs, our curiosity and attempts to understand the world, which link us to our ancestors and each other. Heralding a major series of retellings of international myths by authors from around the world, Armstrong&#8217;s characteristically insightful and eloquent book serves as a brilliant and thought-provoking introduction to myth in the broadest sense&#8212;and explains why if we dismiss it, we do so at our peril.</div> 2870477 2005 A Short History of Myth (Canongate Myths) total:394|5:88|4:142|3:133|2:24|1:7| 394 1462 688 91 4 2 false false Wed Aug 29 22:58:14 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 29 23:11:37 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Feb 07 09:28:46 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 13:48:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sat Aug 22 15:31:06 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 17:16:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 21:48:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 22:15:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jul 13 09:36:53 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 06 09:19:29 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 13 09:36:53 -0700 2009 Its consice, and so perhaps not for everyone, but I'm finding it a cool 'Cliff Notes' type reference and springboard for other reading or research.
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Karen Armstrong engages these nigh unanswerable queries in her chronological overview of the mythos of...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 13:37:25 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 07:48:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 15 15:18:50 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 15 19:07:17 -0800 2007 This is an pedestrian study from the noted and popular religion scholar, in which Armstrong takes a historical approach to myth, tracing its evolution through a series of periods, from the Paleolithic to the postmyth Great Western Transformation. Each period developed myt...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Oct 30 12:37:26 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 30 13:03:42 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 19:43:07 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 19:50:26 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 11:44:54 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 11:46:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 28 08:49:48 -0700 2008 Sat May 09 22:54:18 -0700 2009
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Her book is divided into...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 14:01:20 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 18:00:01 -0700 2008 A History of God, was interesting but perhaps a bit wishy-washy, makes ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=532704