The Myths We Live By

by Mary Midgley

Book Overview

With a new Introduction by the author

'An elegant and sane little book. - The New Statesman

Myths, as Mary Midgley argues in this powerful book, are everywhere. In political thought they sit at the heart of theories of human nature and the social contract; in economics in the pursuit of self interest; and in science the idea of human beings as machines, which originates in the seventeenth century, is a today a potent force...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415610249
• ISBN13: 9780415610247
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.7"