Myth, Symbol, And Reality

Do myths and symbols have anything at all to tell us about reality? Or do they simply deserve to be relegated to the realm of fantastic unreality?

The essayists in this volume deploy all the critical tools available in the task of taking myth and symbol seriously. They are not willing to consign the use of the symbolic to the logician or to relinquish the mythical to the comparative anthropologist as something of historical interest only. Instead, they strive for that difficult position that is guided by criticism but is still open to wonder in the face of what myth and symbol offer in terms of enrichment, meaning, and self-transcendence.

About the author

Alan M. Olson is a Professor of the Philosophy of Religion at Boston University.

Product details

• Authors: Olson, Alan Olson
• Publisher: University Of Notre Dame Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.1982
• EAN: 9780268013493
• ISBN: 978-0-268-01349-3
• No. of pages: 204
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 339 g
• Series: Boston University Studies in Philosophy and Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous