| Edition |
[Updated ed.]. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 232 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Columbia classics in religion
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Columbia classics in religion.
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| Note |
"Updated with a new preface." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Myth -- Study and teaching -- Methodology.
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Myth -- Study and teaching -- Methodology. |
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Myth -- Study and teaching. |
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Mythology -- Study and teaching -- Methodology.
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Mythology -- Study and teaching -- Methodology. |
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Mythology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Doniger, Wendy. Implied spider. [Updated ed.]. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2011 9780231156417 (DLC) 2010009976 (OCoLC)558672554 |
| ISBN |
9780231527118 (electronic book) |
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023152711X (electronic book) |
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9780231156417 (print) |
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0231156413 (print) |
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9780231156424 (print : paperback) |
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0231156421 (print : paperback) |
| Music No. |
EB00640069 Recorded Books |
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