What is another word for Joseph Campbell?

Pronunciation: [d͡ʒˈə͡ʊsəf kˈambəl] (IPA)

Joseph Campbell was an American professor of literature and mythology who gained fame for his works on comparative mythology and religion. Some synonyms for Joseph Campbell can be the 'mythologist,' 'folklorist,' 'religion scholar,' 'anthropologist,' 'philosopher,' 'storyteller,' and a 'cultural historian.' Campbell's groundbreaking works like 'The Hero with a Thousand Faces,' 'The Power of Myth,' and 'The Masks of God' have influenced countless readers, artists, and scholars. His ideas on the universal themes of myth, archetypes, and the human psyche continue to resonate with people from all walks of life. Joseph Campbell remains an enduring figure in the world of academia and beyond.

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Famous quotes with Joseph campbell

  • My faith, inasmuch as I have any, is more like a kind of Joseph Campbell thing, and even that frequently finds itself tested to oblivion in siren waters.
    David Knopfler
  • I believe in mythology. I guess I share Joseph Campbell's notion that a culture or society without mythology would die, and we're close to that.
    Robert Redford
  • I must admit to being greatly influenced by Joseph Campbell's The Hero With a Thousand Faces.
    Norman Spinrad
  • He was a man with a thousand stories. This was one of his favorites.The Japaneseslowly shook his head. "I think we don't have ideology," he said. "We don't have theology. We dance." And so did Joseph Campbell — to the music of the spheres.
    Joseph Campbell
  • A major component of the western myth is the belief that myth is a primitive and mistaken way of thinking about the world that has been replaced by science. Commonly, the word “myth” is now used to mean an illusion or a lie... Enlightened moderns are accustomed to looking at the queer beliefs of the Mayas or the Tassaday and seeing them as mythical. But we look on our own belief systems as rational and rooted in the realities of politics and economics. As Joseph Campbell says: “Myth is other people’s religion.”
    Sam Keen

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