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Jung Journal, 2014
This article reviews the theories in the European and American study of mythology from 1685 until the present moment. It invokes the beginnings of this modern academic study in the global explorations of the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries and traces the synoptic studies of myth in the nineteenth century and the fragmented studies of myth in the ...
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This article reviews the theories in the European and American study of mythology from 1685 until the present moment. It invokes the beginnings of this modern academic study in the global explorations of the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries and traces the synoptic studies of myth in the nineteenth century and the fragmented studies of myth in the ...
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The myth of the myth of invisibility?
Interpreting. International Journal of Research and Practice in Interpreting, 2016Whether working with hard-of- hearing elderly patients, dealing with distorted communication in psychiatry or speech pathology, interpreting a highly charged police interview or cross-examination, handling a business negotiation where never saying no can still mean no, dealing with idiolects in spoken or signal communication, or establishing rapport in
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The myth of the myth of supervenience
Philosophical Studies, 2018Supervenience is necessary co-variation between two sets of entities (properties, facts, objects, etc.). In the good old days, supervenience was considered a useful philosophical tool with a wide range of applications in the philosophy of mind, metaethics, epistemology, and elsewhere.
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Oxford Journal of Legal Studies
Abstract Little attention has been paid to what the word ‘myth’ contributes to the concept of rape myths. Rape myths tend to be regarded as widely believed falsehoods that need to be debunked in order to address patriarchal injustices. This account draws upon a long-standing vernacular English association between myth and falsehood which
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Abstract Little attention has been paid to what the word ‘myth’ contributes to the concept of rape myths. Rape myths tend to be regarded as widely believed falsehoods that need to be debunked in order to address patriarchal injustices. This account draws upon a long-standing vernacular English association between myth and falsehood which
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2021
This chapter debunks a series of myths about science and religion. These include the idea that Giordano Bruno and then Galileo Galilei were martyrs of modern science; that Copernicanism was unilaterally opposed by the Church; that Christianity sets faith against evidence; that reason has played no part in Christian thinking over its history; that true ...
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This chapter debunks a series of myths about science and religion. These include the idea that Giordano Bruno and then Galileo Galilei were martyrs of modern science; that Copernicanism was unilaterally opposed by the Church; that Christianity sets faith against evidence; that reason has played no part in Christian thinking over its history; that true ...
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2020
Abstract Modern societies function through a variety of interconnected myths. Stories of who we are, where we have come from, and where we are going next are necessitated by mass society. This chapter contends that Australia myth-making can be helpfully analysed by separately exploring its colonial, nationalist, and modern forms.
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Abstract Modern societies function through a variety of interconnected myths. Stories of who we are, where we have come from, and where we are going next are necessitated by mass society. This chapter contends that Australia myth-making can be helpfully analysed by separately exploring its colonial, nationalist, and modern forms.
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2020
The term “disaster myth” was initially used as a rhetorical device to help establish the study and management of disasters on firmer ground in the often unwelcoming political context of the Cold War. In the aftermath of World War II, social science research and theorizing eventually supplanted a civil defense perspective of disaster management. Some of
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The term “disaster myth” was initially used as a rhetorical device to help establish the study and management of disasters on firmer ground in the often unwelcoming political context of the Cold War. In the aftermath of World War II, social science research and theorizing eventually supplanted a civil defense perspective of disaster management. Some of
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2016
Several definitions of “myth” are offered, and the ideas of Mircea Eliade on the role of camouflaged myths in contemporary societies are discussed. The role of myths in popular culture is explored. The way discourse analysis can be used to analyze myths and the important role of language in myths is considered.
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Several definitions of “myth” are offered, and the ideas of Mircea Eliade on the role of camouflaged myths in contemporary societies are discussed. The role of myths in popular culture is explored. The way discourse analysis can be used to analyze myths and the important role of language in myths is considered.
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