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Paperback Discourse and the Construction of Society: Comparative Studies of Myth, Ritual, and Classification Book

ISBN: 0195079094

ISBN13: 9780195079098

Discourse and the Construction of Society: Comparative Studies of Myth, Ritual, and Classification

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In this bold theoretical work, Bruce Lincoln explores the ways in which myth, ritual, and classification hold human societies together--and how, in times of crisis, they can be used to take a society apart and reconstruct it. Without overlooking the role of coercive force in the maintenance (or overthrow) of social structures, Lincoln argues his thesis with compelling illustrations drawn from such diverse areas as Platonic philosophy, the Upanishads...

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