The Religion and Rituals of the Nomads of Pre-Islamic Arabia = A Reconstructi…

This book approaches the religion and rituals of the pre-Islamic Arabian nomads using the Safaitic inscriptions. Unlike Islamic-period literary sources, this material was produced by practitioners of traditional Arabian religion; the inscriptions are eyewitnesses to the religious life of Arabian nomads prior to the spread of Judaism and Christianity across Arabia. The author attempts to reconst…

Classic myth and legend

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The mythical serpents of Hebrew literature

There seems to be no limit to human credulity as to the forms which animals may assume, or the attributes which they may possess.^ Three stages in the development of fabulous creatures may be traced: The animal is first credited with (pertain powers it does not, and probably cannot have;^ then animals altogether fabulous, but still belonging to a definite and well-known class, are supposed to e…

The Digital Sublime: Myth, Power, and Cyberspace

Interpreting the myths of the digital age: why we believed in the power of cyberspace to open up a new world.The digital era promises, as did many other technological developments before it, the transformation of society: with the computer, we can transcend time, space, and politics-as-usual. In The Digital Sublime, Vincent Mosco goes beyond the usual stories of technological breakthrough and e…

Cinematic mythmaking : Philosophy in Film

Mythic themes and philosophical probing in film as an art form, as seen in works of Preston Sturges, Jean Cocteau, Stanley Kubrick, and various other filmmakers. Film is the supreme medium for mythmaking. The gods and heroes of mythology are both larger than life and deeply human; they teach us about the world, and they tell us a good story. Similarly, our experience of film is both distant and…

Brain fiction :self-deception and the riddle of confabulation

"A Bradford book."Includes information on amnesia, anosognosia, Anton's syndrome, autism, Capgras' syndrome, Cotard's syndrome, denial, emotion, Fregoli's syndrome, hypothalamus, Korsakoff's amnesia, Korsakoff's syndrome, limbic system, lying, memory, mirror image syndome, orbitofrontal cortex, etc.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Cinematic mythmaking :philosophy in film

Mythic themes and philosophical probing in film as an art form, as seen in works of Preston Sturges, Jean Cocteau, Stanley Kubrick, and various other filmmakers. Film is the supreme medium for mythmaking. The gods and heroes of mythology are both larger than life and deeply human; they teach us about the world, and they tell us a good story. Similarly, our experience of film is both distant and…

The Roots of Nationalism: National Identity Formation in Early Modern Europe,…

This collection brings together scholars from a wide range of disciplines to offer perspectives on national identity formation in various European contexts between 1600 and 1815. Contributors challenge the dichotomy between modernists and traditionalists in nationalism studies through an emphasis on continuity rather than ruptures in the shaping of European nations in the period, while also off…

Mythic Discourses Studies in Uralic Traditions

"Mythic discourses in the present day show how vernacular heritage continues to function and be valuable through emergent interpretations and revaluations. At the same time, continuities in mythic images, motifs, myths and genres reveal the longue durée of mythologies and their transformations. The eighteen articles of Mythic Discourses address the many facets of myth in Uralic cultures, from …

Creating the Qur’an

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.Creating the Qur’an presents the first systematic historical-critical study of the Qur’an’s origins, drawing on methods and perspectives commonly used to study other scriptural traditions. Demonstrating in detail that the Islamic tradition relates not a single attested account of the holy text’s form…