The Care and Repair of Public Myth by W H McNeill
First published as the cover story of Foreign Affairs, Fall 1982, 61(1), 1–13, and republished here on the centenary of the author's birth, 31 October 2017. The Care and Repair of Public Myth By W. H. McNeill Myth lies at the basis of human society. That is because myths are general statements about the world and its parts, and