Psychoanalytic approaches to myth : Freud and the Freudians /
The book surveys and evaluates the methods that Freud and the various psychoanalytic schools have employed in their studies of myths. In addition to providing a historical survey, the author argues that modern views of myth as something to be deplored because it is inconsistent with history and scie...
| Основен автор: | Merkur, Daniel. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
Routledge,
2005.
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| Серия: |
Theorists of myth (Routledge (Firm))
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=134824 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Psychoanalytic approaches to myth. |
| Резюме: |
The book surveys and evaluates the methods that Freud and the various psychoanalytic schools have employed in their studies of myths. In addition to providing a historical survey, the author argues that modern views of myth as something to be deplored because it is inconsistent with history and science depends on a misunderstanding of the nature of myth. Myth is not a product of unconscious irrationality but is instead a sustained use of metaphor. It expresses ideas in concrete imagery of unconscious inspiration, but the ideas can be rational and profound, as is also the case with poetry and s. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (x, 161 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-156) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0203997247 9780203997246 0824059360 9780824059361 |