Buch, Englisch, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 365 g
An Essay on Early Modern Myth
Buch, Englisch, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 365 g
ISBN: 978-0-367-17564-1
Verlag: Routledge
This book explores the popularization in the Renaissance of the still pervasive myth that later cultures are the hereditary descendants of ancient or older cultures. It shows how the new techne of systematic genealogy facilitated the process of "remythicizing" the ancient authorities.
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Introduction 1. The lie of descent 2. The technology of descent 3. The web of myths 4. Manufacturing discontinuity 5. Demythology and vertical time 6. The blood myth and the bee 7. Not so deep as genealogy 8. Epilogue: The privilege of myth




