The Implied Spider
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The Implied Spider

Politics and Theology in Myth

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eBook - ePub
Available until 27 Jan |Learn more

The Implied Spider

Politics and Theology in Myth

About this book

Wendy Doniger's foundational study is both modern in its engagement with a diverse range of religions and refreshingly classic in its transhistorical, cross-cultural approach. By responsibly analyzing patterns and themes across context, Doniger reinvigorates the comparative reading of religion, tapping into a wealth of narrative traditions, from the instructive tales of Judaism and Christianity to the moral lessons of the Bhagavad Gita. She extracts political meaning from a variety of texts while respecting the original ideas of each. A new preface confronts the difficulty of contextualizing the comparison of religions as well as controversies over choosing subjects and positioning arguments, and the text itself is expanded and updated throughout.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover 
  2. Half title
  3. Columbia Classics in Religion
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents 
  8. Preface to the Updated Edition: Context and History
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Introduction: Myth and Metaphor
  11. Chapter One: Microscopes and Telescopes
  12. Chapter Two: Dark Cats, Barking Dogs, Chariots, and Knives
  13. Chapter Three: Implied Spiders and the Politics of Individualism
  14. Chapter Four: Micromyths, Macromyths, and Multivocality
  15. Chapter Five: Mother Goose and the Voices of Women
  16. Chapter Six: Textual Pluralism and Academic Pluralism
  17. Notes
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index