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Mythomania: Tales of Our Times, from Apple to Isis
Peter Conrad
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Description for Mythomania: Tales of Our Times, from Apple to Isis
Hardcover. Despite our culture's proclaimed respect for scientific reason, we live in a society that is no less bedazzled - and bedevilled - by myth than those of our remote ancestors. This book exposes the absurdity and occasional insanity of our godforsaken, demon-haunted contemporary culture. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; HBTB; JFCA; JFM; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 309 x 30. Weight in Grams: 550. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear in good dustwrapper
Despite our culture's proclaimed respect for scientific reason, we live in a society that is no less bedazzled-and bedevilled-by myth than those of our remote ancestors. Roland Barthes first examined the mythical resonances of consumer products in the 1950s. Far from being demystified, consumerism has since morphed into a universal religion, its compulsory ritual of shopping essential to our economic survival. Myth has also invaded the political realm, as terrorists brandish black flags and recite theological mantras as they martyr themselves. Peter Conrad's exhilarating book exposes ... Read more
Despite our culture's proclaimed respect for scientific reason, we live in a society that is no less bedazzled-and bedevilled-by myth than those of our remote ancestors. Roland Barthes first examined the mythical resonances of consumer products in the 1950s. Far from being demystified, consumerism has since morphed into a universal religion, its compulsory ritual of shopping essential to our economic survival. Myth has also invaded the political realm, as terrorists brandish black flags and recite theological mantras as they martyr themselves. Peter Conrad's exhilarating book exposes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500292587
SKU
KSS0007834
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Ref
99-1
About Peter Conrad
Peter Conrad taught English literature at Christ Church, Oxford, from 1973 to 2011. He has written more than twenty books, including How the World Was Won: The Americanization of Everywhere; Creation: Artists, Gods & Origins; At Home in Australia; and Modern Times, Modern Places: Life and Art in the Twentieth Century, all published by Thames & Hudson.
Reviews for Mythomania: Tales of Our Times, from Apple to Isis
'Conrad has vast erudition and a playful style ... he always has something interesting to say' - Guardian 'Magnificent ... Conrad's writing is fuelled by an amused purview and written with a playful wit' - Dublin Review of Books