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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782633703321

Autore

Gollnick James

Titolo

Love and the soul [[electronic resource] ] : psychological interpretations of the Eros and Psyche myth / / James Gollnick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ont., : Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion/Corporation canadienne des sciences religieuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1992

ISBN

0-88920-804-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Collana

Editions SR ; ; v. 15

Disciplina

200

Soggetti

Love

Soul

Eros (Greek deity)

Psyche (Greek deity)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Origins and Nature of the Eros and Psyche Story; 2 Psychological Approaches to the Eros and Psyche Myth: Freudian Interpretations; 3 Psychological Approaches to the Eros and Psyche Myth: Jungian Interpretations; 4 The Eros and Psyche Myth and the Psychology of Transformation; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Eros and Psyche myth has, over the course of the twentieth century, received nearly as much attention from depth psychologists as has the Oedipus story. In their attempt to better understand this popular story, scholars have proposed various interpretations, which have generally followed eithether Freudian or Jungian theories about the nature of the psyche and its development.     This elaborate work provides serious students of psychology, religion and mythology with a detailed account and analysis of what has been accomplished in the spychological interpretation of the Eros and