"CHto takoe mify i kakova ih funkciya v obshchestve? Kak my mozhem ispol'zovat' mify, chtoby oblegchit' nashi segodnyashnie stradaniya i trevogi? Kak mify mogut nam pomoch' v vospitanii detey? V knige Dzhozef Kempbell issleduet potencial i moshch' mifov i ih ezhednevnoe vliyanie na nashu sovremennuyu zhizn', dazhe tam, gde my etogo ne predpolagaem. On pokazyvaet, chto dlya mifov ne sushchestvuet granic, oni obrashcheny k universal'nym bazovym arekhetipam, kotorye yavlyayutsya obshchimi dlya vsekh vremen i narodov. Kniga budet interesna psihologam, pedagogam, filosofam, sociologam, kul'turologam, istorikam."