Psychoanalytic approaches to myth : Freud and the Freudians

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Psychoanalytic approaches to myth : Freud and the Freudians

Dan Merkur

(Theorists of myth / Robert A. Segal, series editor)

Routledge, 2014

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Published in 2005 by Routledge

"First issued in paperback 2014"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-156) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

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

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  • NCID
    BB16874411
  • ISBN
    • 9780415651127
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York ; London
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 162 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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