The Historical Value of Myths

This book explores the connection between history and mythology by engaging with myths not as allegories or falsehoods, but as representations of historical experience.

John Karabelas is an independent researcher with interests in the philosophy of history and European cultural and intellectual history. He has published articles on R.G. Collingwood's philosophy ("Fairy Tales and Totemism," 2011; "Rationalism and the Law," 2015), and the philosophy of history of the British idealists (2018).