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The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell is the most illuminating and influential book ever written regarding the hero’s journey. Campbell explains his theory – largely influenced by Carl Jung – of the archetypal journey of the hero from a mythological and psychological perspective: the stages of the journey…
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The Hero with A Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell blew my mind when I read it in college. It gave me a template that started making mental links among concepts and ideas that I’d never thought of as being related to each other. Also, it led me to re-read The Thousand and One Nights, which had an impact in its own…
- Jessica FanzoInterview
Amartya Sen (for his incredible influence on how we view poverty, famine, and human development and his many authored books including Poverty and Famines). Mark Kurlansky (for his incredible journalistic deep dives into things like Salt, Cod and Paper). Leah Penniman (author of Farming While Black and co-owner of Soul…
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