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  • The Poetics of Myth

    by Eleazar M. Meletinsky ...
    Translated by Guy Lanoue, Alexandre Sadetsky ...
    Series series Theorists of Myth
    'Serious students will savor Meletinsky's rich and complex book. The opening section alone is valuable for its erudite examination of modern theory about myth, with special attention to Levi-Strauss and the structuralists. Meletinsky grasps the essentials of theories he discusses and makes clear distinctions between them Highly recommended for upper division undergraduates, graduate students and ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD

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  • On Belief

    by Slavoj Zizek ...
    Series series Thinking in Action
    What is the basis of belief in an era when globalization, multiculturalism and big business are the new religion? Slavoj Zizek, renowned philosopher and irrepressible cultural critic takes on all comers in this compelling and breathless new book.From 'cyberspace reason' to the paradox that is 'Western Buddhism', On Belief gets behind the contours of the way we normally think about belief, in ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

  • Myth

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Robert Segal ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Where do myths come from? What is their function and what do they mean? In this Very Short Introduction Robert Segal introduces the array of approaches used to understand the study of myth. These approaches hail from disciplines as varied as anthropology, sociology, psychology, literary criticism, philosophy, science, and religious studies. Including ideas from theorists as varied as Sigmund Freud ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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  • Myth: A Very Short Introduction

    by Robert A. Segal ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions;Very Short Introductions
    This book is not about myths, but about approaches to myth, from all of the major disciplines, including science, religion, philosophy, literature, and psychology. The fate of the preternaturally beautiful Adonis is one of the main fables upon which Segal focuses, in an attempt to analyse the various different theories of myth. Where the theory does not work, he substitutes another myth, showing ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • The Myth of Disenchantment

    Magic, Modernity, and the Birth of the Human Sciences

    by Jason A. Josephson-Storm ...
    This study of the early human sciences and their deep connections to spiritualism dispenses with the myth that separates magic and modernity.Many theorists contend that the defining feature of modernity is our collective loss of faith in spirits, myths, and magic. But in The Myth of Disenchantment, Jason A. Josephson-Storm argues against this narrative, showing that attempts to suppress magic have ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Children's Dreams

    Notes from the Seminar Given in 1936-1940

    Translated by Ernst Falzeder, Tony Woolfson ...
    by C. G. Jung ...
    Series series Philemon Foundation Series
    In the 1930s C. G. Jung embarked upon a bold investigation into childhood dreams as remembered by adults to better understand their significance to the lives of the dreamers. Jung presented his findings in a four-year seminar series at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Children's Dreams marks their first publication in English, and fills a critical gap in Jung's collected works ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • The Occult Mind

    Magic in Theory and Practice

    by Christopher I. Lehrich ...
    "Given the historical orientation of philosophy, is it unreasonable to suggest a wider cast of the net into the deep waters of magic? By encountering magical thought as theory, we come to a new understanding of a thought that looks back at us from a funhouse mirror."—The Occult MindDivination, like many critical modes, involves reading signs, and magic, more generally, can be seen as a kind of ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • Psychology and the Soul

    by Ranks Otto ...
    This antiquarian volume contains Otto Rank's seminal psychological treatise, 'Psychology And The Soul'. Published due to the significant shift in psychological thinking, from German to English-speaking peoples, this accessible translation will be of considerable utility to students of psychology. It is not to be missed by discerning collectors and those with a keen interest in the work of Otto ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Hermetic Deleuze

    Philosophy and Spiritual Ordeal

    by Joshua Ramey ...
    Series series New slant: : religion, politics, and ontology
    In his writing, Gilles Deleuze drew on a vast array of source material, from philosophy and psychoanalysis to science and art. Yet scholars have largely neglected one of the intellectual currents underlying his work: Western esotericism, specifically the lineage of hermetic thought that extends from Late Antiquity into the Renaissance through the work of figures such as Iamblichus, Nicholas of ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Defining Magic

    A Reader

    by Bernd-Christian Otto, Michael Stausberg ...
    Series series Critical Categories in the Study of Religion
    Magic has been an important term in Western history and continues to be an essential topic in the modern academic study of religion, anthropology, sociology, and cultural history. Defining Magic is the first volume to assemble key texts that aim at determining the nature of magic, establish its boundaries and key features, and explain its working. The reader brings together seminal writings from ... Read more

    $76.99 CAD

  • Marshall McLuhan and Northrop Frye

    Apocalypse and Alchemy

    by B.W. Powe ...
    Marshall McLuhan and Northrop Frye are two of Canada’s central cultural figures, colleagues and rivals whose careers unfolded in curious harmony even as their intellectual engagement was antagonistic. Poet, novelist, essayist and philosopher B.W. Powe, who studied with both of these formidable and influential intellectuals, presents an exploration of their lives and work in Marshall McLuhan and ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • Reading World Literature

    Theory, History, Practice

    Edited by Sarah Lawall ...
    As teachers and readers expand the canon of world literature to include writers whose voices traditionally have been silenced by the dominant culture, fundamental questions arise. What do we mean by "world"? What constitutes "literature"? Who should decide?Reading World Literature is a cumulative study of the concept and evolving practices of "world literature." Sarah Lawall opens the book with a ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD