Psychoanalytic approaches to myth [[electronic resource] ] : Freud and the Freudians / / Dan Merkur

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910814489203321
• Autore: Merkur Daniel
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Routledge, 2005
• ISBN: 1-280-10689-1; 0-203-99724-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (169 p.)
• Collana: Theorists of myth
• Disciplina: 150.19/52; 150.1952
• Soggetti: Myth - Psychological aspects; Mythology
• 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 (p. 141-156) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Psychoanalytic Approaches to Myth; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1. Mythology into Metapsychology; Chapter 2. Myth as Unconscious Manifestation; Karl Abraham; Otto Rank; The Game Theft Myth; Chapter 3. Myth and the Basic Dream; The Cultural Context of Symbolism; The Ontogenetic Theory of Culture; The Genitality of Myths; Concluding Reflections; Chapter 4. Myth as Defense and Adaptation; Abram Kardiner; The Mechanisms of Defense; Jacob A. Arlow; The Navajo Coyoteway Ceremonial; Conclusion; Chapter 5. Myth as Metaphor; Silberer's Anagogical ApproachMetaphor Theory; Metaphor Theory and Myths; The Implicit Content of Myths; The Subject Matter and Definition of Myth; Mythic Conceptions and Religious Thought; Concluding Reflections; Chapter 6. Therapeutic Insights in Myth; The Disemboweler; The Blind Boy and the Loon; The Claw People; The Origin of the Vagina; Epilogue Clinical Implications; How are We to Explain the Successes?; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.