Malinowski and the Work of Myth

Hardback

Main Details

Title Malinowski and the Work of Myth
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Ivan Strenski
SeriesPrinceton Legacy Library
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:216
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
ISBN/Barcode 9780691631219
ClassificationsDewey:306
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 19 April 2016
Publication Country United States

Description

Bronislaw Malinowski (1884-1942) was a wide-ranging thinker whose ideas affected almost every branch of the social sciences. And nowhere is this impact more evident or more persistent than on the study of myth, ritual, and religion. He articulated as never before or since a program of seeing myths as part of the functional, pragmatic, or performed