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Deadly Powers: Animal Predators and the Mythic Imagination
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Hardcover
With Paul A. Trout |
from Prometheus Books (November 7, 2011)
9781616145019 | details & prices | 325 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.30 lbs | List price $26.00
About: In this illuminating and evocative exploration of the origin and function of storytelling, the author goes beyond the work of mythologist Joseph Campbell, arguing that mythmaking evolved as a cultural survival strategy for coping with the constant fear of being killed and eaten by predators.
About: In this illuminating and evocative exploration of the origin and function of storytelling, the author goes beyond the work of mythologist Joseph Campbell, arguing that mythmaking evolved as a cultural survival strategy for coping with the constant fear of being killed and eaten by predators.