Mythistory and other essays

University of Chicago historian McNeill looks at "living myth systems," such as liberalism and Marxism, as well as dead myths, such as Nazism; he warns that the electoral process, and the "democratic myths" behind it, are in danger of being made irrelevant by powerful private-interest groups. In these essays and lectures, McNeill maintains that borrowings between ancient civilizations shaped the modern world even more than he had previously believed.