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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge,
2005.
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| Series: | Theorists of myth (Routledge (Firm))
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 161 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-156) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203997247 9780203997246 0824059360 9780824059361 1280106891 9781280106897 |