Commentary on Mills’ “toward a theory of myth”

Robert A. Segal

doi:10.1111/jtsb.12256

Commentary on Mills’ “toward a theory of myth”

Robert A. Segal^* (Corresponding Author)

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Abstract

In his provocative article on theorizing about myth, Jon Mills kindly cites my own work on the subject. Let me confine my remarks to his comments on me. I now see, thanks to Mills, how confusing some of my statements have perhaps been.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	425-428
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour
Volume	50
Issue number	4
Early online date	9 Sept 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jtsb.12256
Publication status	Published - Dec 2020

Keywords

explanation
function
interpretation
myth
origin
subject matter
theory

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