Medea: Myth and Unconscious Fantasy

by Esa Roos

Overview

This book introduces the Euripides' Medea fantasy as an unconscious determinant of psychogenic sterility, a fantasy that forms an unrecognized part of the self-representation. It is addressed to people who are interested in womanhood, its fortunes and misfortunes, creativity and destructiveness.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782202912
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/17/2015
Series:	Psychoanalysis and Women Series
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Esa Roos was born in Helsinki in 1942, where he graduated in psychology in 1971. After training in psychoanalysis (1971-1975) he became the Assistant in the Department of Psychology in the University of Helsinki, while also working in forensic psychology for both the mental hospital and state prison. He has trained candidates from Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Russia, and lectures in Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Spain, France and New York. He is currently a consultant and supervisor in various places in Finland.

Table of Contents

Series Editor’s Foreword — Introduction — On the Medea fantasy — The ever present tragedy of Medea: women’s attack on their own creativity — The age-old myth of Medea and the Medea of Lars von Trier: the story of a woman’s love and compassion rejected — Medea: maternal ambivalence — Female destructiveness in fairy tales and myths — Sister fantasy and sisterly love — Conflicts around having two mothers: an interview study with a Finnish war child — On the psychology of love