Cinematic Gods? Robert Segal on Myth’s Persistence

Abstract

Robert Segal has provided a masterful introduction to myth in Myth: A Very Short Introduction. Segal’s book serves, however, a greater purpose than merely surveying a history of thinking about myth. Through his analytical summary, Segal also argues that myths are here to stay and that they fill a need that science has never filled. In his view, to-day’s cinematic stars continue to productively capture our imagination much like the Gods in antiquity.

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