Myth Making And Religious Extremism And Their Roots In Crises
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Author | : Arthur G. Neal |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2015-10-29 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1476621314 |
According to sociologist C. Wright Mills, we do not live in a world of solid fact but in a world permeated by culture, constructed by humans through communication with each other. Myth-making shapes our lives, beliefs and behavior. Collective myths become plausible explanations for events past and future as each new generation constructs reality anew to make sense of the human condition. Providing a sociological and multicultural analysis, this book examines myth-making in the today's world amid religious extremism and terrorism. The authors discuss the imperative of myth in comprehending illness, sexuality, death and human relationships to the environment and other animals.
Author | : Helen E. Mundler |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 143 |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : American fiction |
ISBN | : 1640141316 |
Breaks new ground by analyzing four recent rewritings of the Noah myth not just as ideological statements but as literary artifacts and by contextualizing them within the wider crises of the Anthropocene.
Author | : Katarzyna Nowak-McNeice |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2018-02-14 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1476667837 |
Focusing on portrayals of California in popular culture, this collection of new essays traces a central theme of darkness through literature (Toby Barlow, Angela Carter, Joan Didion, Thomas Pynchon, and Claire Vaye Watkins), video games (L.A. Noire), music (Death Grips, Lana Del Rey, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers), TV (True Detective and American Horror Story), and film (Starry Eyes, Southland Tales and A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night). Providing insight into the significance of Californian icons, the contributors explore the interplay between positive stereotypes connected to the myth of the Golden State and ambivalent responses to the myth based on social and political power, the consequences of consumerism, transformations of the landscape and the dominance of hyperreality.
Author | : Richard T. Hughes |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 2018-09-05 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0252050800 |
Six myths lie at the heart of the American experience. Taken as aspirational, four of those myths remind us of our noblest ideals, challenging us to realize our nation's promise while galvanizing the sense of hope and unity we need to reach our goals. Misused, these myths allow for illusions of innocence that fly in the face of white supremacy, the primal American myth that stands at the heart of all the others.
Author | : Arthur G. Neal |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2015-10-12 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0786498587 |
According to sociologist C. Wright Mills, we do not live in a world of solid fact but in a world permeated by culture, constructed by humans through communication with each other. Myth-making shapes our lives, beliefs and behavior. Collective myths become plausible explanations for events past and future as each new generation constructs reality anew to make sense of the human condition. Providing a sociological and multicultural analysis, this book examines myth-making in the today's world amid religious extremism and terrorism. The authors discuss the imperative of myth in comprehending illness, sexuality, death and human relationships to the environment and other animals.
Author | : Mary R. Habeck |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2007-01-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780300122572 |
A penetrating look into the inner logic of al-Qa'ida and like-minded extremist groups by which they justify September 11 and other terrorist attacks includes specific ideologies of jihadism, a new movement that allows members to call for the destruction of democracy and to murder innocent men, women, and children.
Author | : Tinka Veldhuis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 89 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Muslims |
ISBN | : 9789050311465 |
Author | : Alava, Séraphin |
Publisher | : UNESCO Publishing |
Total Pages | : 167 |
Release | : 2017-12-04 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9231002457 |
Author | : Tore Bjørgo |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2005-06-30 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1134265611 |
This team of international experts analyses the possibilities and limitations of preventing or reducing terrorism by addressing the factors that give rise to it and sustain it. The key questions raised include:* what are the main circumstances that provide preconditions for the emergence of various types of terrorism?* what are the typical precipit
Author | : Karen Armstrong |
Publisher | : HarperCollins UK |
Total Pages | : 460 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0006383483 |
One of the most potent forces bedevilling the modern world is religious fundamentalism. Armstrong explains how and why fundamentalists' understanding of religion and society differs so starkly from that of their contemporaries.