The implied spider : politics and theology in myth / Wendy Doniger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doniger, Wendy.

Series:

Columbia classics in religion.

Columbia classics in religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Myth--Study and teaching--Methodology.

Myth.

Mythology--Study and teaching--Methodology.

Mythology.

Physical Description:

xviii, 232 p.

Edition:

[Updated ed.].

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Wendy Doniger's foundational study is both modern in its engagement with a diverse range of religions and refreshingly classic in its transhistorical, cross-cultural approach. By responsibly analyzing patterns and themes across context, Doniger reinvigorates the comparative reading of religion, tapping into a wealth of narrative traditions, from the instructive tales of Judaism and Christianity to the moral lessons of the Bhagavad Gita. She extracts political meaning from a variety of texts while respecting the original ideas of each. A new preface confronts the difficulty of contextualizing the comparison of religions as well as controversies over choosing subjects and positioning arguments, and the text itself is expanded and updated throughout.

Contents:

Microscopes and telescopes

Dark cats, barking dogs, chariots, and knives

Implied spiders and the politics of individualism

Micromyths, macromyths, and multivocality

Mother Goose and the voices of women

Textual pluralism and academic pluralism.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612906374

9781282906372

1282906372

9780231527118

023152711X