Myths we live by / Colin Grant.

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Colin Grant challenges the popular use of "myth" as a dismissive designation of the superstitions and falsehoods of "other" cultures. The author maintains that myths occupy a place in our present-day lives that is every bit as important to us as the divinities and heroes of classical antiquity were to the ancients. The myths themselves are in a constant state of flux and transformation. They ebb and flow, both within the context of wider culture and individual experience.

PREFACE; 1 THE MEANING OF MYTH; 2 A SCIENCE MYTH; 3 A SPORTS MYTH; 4 A CONSUMER MYTH; 5 A VALUES MYTH; 6 AN ECOLOGY MYTH; 7 A SEX MYTH; 8 A SOCIETY MYTH; 9 A RELIGION MYTH; 10 MEANINGFUL MYTH; BIBLIOGRAPHY.

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