The Myth of the Goddess: Evolution of an Image - Couverture rigide

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Baring, Anne; Cashford, Jules

 
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Synopsis

This book traces the evolution of ideas and images of the goddess in the West from prehistoric times, through Crete, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and the Middle East to her manifestation in Judaism (Eve etc), Christianity (Mary) and agnosticism (Sophia). The perspective is historical with Jungian overtones. Images are interpreted, not merely presented, and it is argued that the goddess needs to play a more valued role today.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

A comprehensive, scholarly accessible study, in which the authors draw upon poetry and mythology, art and literature, archaeology and psychology to show how the myth of the goddess has been lost from our formal Judeo-Christian images of the divine. They explain what happened to the goddess, when, and how she was excluded from western culture, and the implications of this loss.

Biographie de l'auteur

Jules Cashford writes and lectures on mythology and is the author of The Myth of the Goddess.

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9780140192926: The Myth of the Goddess: Evolution of an Image

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0140192921 ISBN 13 :  9780140192926
Editeur : Penguin, 1993
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