O Mito e o Homem

by Roger Caillois, José Calisto dos Santos (translator)

Nesta obra, Roger Caillois procura definir a natureza e a função do mito, analisando as diferentes determinações que contribuem para fazer das representações colectivas de carácter mítico uma manifestação privilegiada da vida imaginativa.

Genres: Nonfiction, Anthropology, Sociology, Philosophy

137 pages, Paperback

First published March 16, 1938

Reviews

[amgds · Rating 3 out of 5]

French anthropology/philosophy at its most speculative. A fun book but not a lot that can be taken seriously. Rewards reading alongside Durkheim or Bataille's work on the sacred.

[Birch · Rating 4 out of 5]

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