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MYTH AND SOCIETY IN ANCIENT GREECE (Zone Books) by Jean-Pierre Vernant.

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Condition
Very good: A book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious ...
Recommended Age Range
0-12 months
Subject
History
EAN
9780942299175
UPC
9780942299175
ISBN
9780942299175
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Zone Books
ISBN-10
0942299175
ISBN-13
9780942299175
eBay Product ID (ePID)
993379

Product Key Features

Edition
2
Book Title
Myth and Society in Ancient Greece
Number of Pages
280 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1990
Topic
Ancient / Greece, Folklore & Mythology, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical
Genre
Philosophy, Social Science, History
Author
Jean-Pierre Vernant
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
15.5 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
87-033786
Dewey Edition
19
Reviews
"This scholarly collection of studies follows Vernant's Myth and Thought and Myth and Tragedy, offering further insights into Greek social structure, concepts of slave production and economic growth, and the efforts of myths to define and shape social choices. This is no casual opinion piece: Vernant refers to research from ancient texts, forms concepts of Marxist class struggles, city-state interactions and social reforms from the twin influences of myth and history, and examines the structure of Greek religion and myths as it pertained to historic events... a fascinating, penetrating study." -Diane C. Donovan, The Midwest Book Review
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
938
Synopsis
In this groundbreaking study, Jean-Pierre Vernant delineates a compelling new vision of ancient Greece. Myth and Society in Ancient Greece takes us far from the calm and familiar images of Polykleitos and the Parthenon to reveal a fundamentally other culture -- one of slavery, of masks and death, of scapegoats, of ritual hunting, and of ecstasies. Vernant's provocative discussions of various institutions and practices (including war, marriage, and sacrifice) detail the complex intersection of the religious, social, and political structures of ancient Greece. The book concludes with Vernant's authoritative genealogy of the study of myth from Antiquity to structuralism and beyond. "Myth," he writes, "brings into operation a form of logic which we may describe, unlike the logic of noncontradiction of the philosophers, as a logic of the ambiguous and the equivocal.", Jean-Pierre Vernant delineates a compelling new vision of ancient Greece that takes us far from the calm and familiar images of Polykleitos and the Parthenon, and reveals a culture of slavery, of blood sacrifice, of perpetual and ritualized warfare, of ceremonial hunting and ecstasies., In this groundbreaking study, Jean Pierre-Vernant delineates a compelling new vision of ancient Greece. Myth and Society in Ancient Greece takes us far from the calm and familiar images of Polykleitos and the Parthenon to reveal a fundamentally other culture: one of slavery, of masks and death, of scapegoats, of ritual hunting and ecstasies. Vernant's provocative discussion of various institutions and practices including war, marriage, and sacrifice details the complex intersection of the religious, social, and political structures of ancient Greece. The book concludes with Vernant's authoritative genealogy of the study of myth from antiquity to structuralism and beyond.
LC Classification Number
DF78.V4713 1988

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