{"product_id":"9780415753852-dialects-of-myth","title":"The Dialectics of Myth","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eInsisting upon the miraculous elements of myth, \u003ci\u003eThe Dialectics of Myth \u003c\/i\u003ecreates a powerful and readable defence for mythic experience as a genuine part of consciousness, reality and being.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAleksei Fedorovich Losev (1893-1988) was among the greatest Russian philosophers, thinkers, and classicists of the twentieth century. A contemporary of Mikhail Bakhtin, and a scholar of astonishing erudition, his work remained almost unknown to the public until the fall of communism in 1990. \u003cem\u003eThe Dialectics of Myth,\u003c\/em\u003e published here for the first time in English, remains his foremost achievement. Setting out a provocative and spiritually informed account of the way that myth informs secular and religious ideologies, it challenges limited interpretations of myths as mere poetic allegories, primitive scientific constructs, or channels for religious dogma and political fabrication. Insisting upon the miraculous elements of myth, the book creates a powerful and readable defence for mythic experience as a genuine part of consciousness, reality, and being.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56517599265142,"sku":"9780415753852","price":67.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_37560734_6499bf5f-ca3a-44e2-a4d8-baed5dd2d117.jpg?v=1762160759","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780415753852-dialects-of-myth","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}