Beyond geography : the western spirit against the wilderness
First published in 1980, Beyond Geography continues to influence its readers. This new edition, prepared for the Columbus quincentennial, includes a new introduction by T.H. Watkins and a new preface by the author. As the public debates Columbus' legacy, it is important to learn of the spiritual background of European domination of the Americas.
Print Book, English, ©1992
Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, N.J., ©1992
xxviii, 329 pages ; 24 cm
9780813519098, 0813519098
25915099
Part One: Loomings: Estrangement
The necessity of myth
Bearings from the ancient near East
The people of the book
A crisis cult
Hecatombs
Loomings
Part Two: Rites of Passage: Mythic zones
Delforation
Penetration
The lost colony
Things of darkness
Part Three: Haunts: Possession
The vanishing New World
A dance of the dispossessed
Originally published: New York : Viking Press, 1980. With new introd. and new preface