Discourse and the Construction of Society

Auteur: Lincoln, Bruce (Caroline E. Haskell Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions, Caroline E. Haskell Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions, Divinity School, University of Chicago)
Editeur: Oxford University Press Inc
In this edition of his seminal theoretical work on myth, ritual, and classification, Bruce Lincoln explores the ways in which these narratives and practices hold human societies together-and how, in times of crisis, they can be used to take a society apart and reconstruct it. The second edition includes three new chapters, new images, and an updated bibliography.

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In this edition of his seminal theoretical work on myth, ritual, and classification, Bruce Lincoln explores the ways in which these narratives and practices hold human societies together-and how, in times of crisis, they can be used to take a society apart and reconstruct it. The second edition includes three new chapters, new images, and an updated bibliography.
ISBN / EAN 9780199372362
Auteur Lincoln, Bruce (Caroline E. Haskell Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions, Caroline E. Haskell Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions, Divinity School, University of Chicago)
Editeur Oxford University Press Inc