Psychoanalytic Approaches to Myth / Edition 1

by Daniel Merkur

Overview

This book surveys the history of psychoanalytic treatments of myths variously as symptoms of psychopathology, as cultural defense mechanisms, and as metaphoric expressions of ideas that may include therapeutic insights.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780824059361
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/28/2004
Series:	Theorists of Myth
Pages:	172
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Mythology into Metapsychology; Chapter 2 Myth as Unconscious Manifestation; Chapter 3 Myth and the Basic Dream; Chapter 4 Myth as Defense and Adaptation; Chapter 5 Myth as Metaphor; Chapter 6 Therapeutic Insights in Myth; epilogue Epilogue;

Editorial Reviews

"A comparative history of one specific mythographic path from Freud to our day, this work explores the many branches of classical psychoanalytic criticism, excluding those...who strayed from the orthodox path." —William G. Doty, The University of Alabama/Tuscaloosa, Religious Studies Review

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