Psychoanalytic approaches to myth

Psychoanalytic approaches to myth Freud and the Freudians Merkur, Daniel. creator text bibliography Electronic books. nyu New York Routledge 2005 monographic eng 1 online resource (x, 161 pages). The book surveys and evaluates the methods that Freud and the various psychoanalytic schools have employed in their studies of myths. In addition to providing a historical survey, the author argues that modern views of myth as something to be deplored because it is inconsistent with history and science depends on a misunderstanding of the nature of myth. Myth is not a product of unconscious irrationality but is instead a sustained use of metaphor. It expresses ideas in concrete imagery of unconscious inspiration, but the ideas can be rational and profound, as is also the case with poetry and s. BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; 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 Clinical Implications; References; Index. Dan Merkur. Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-156) and index. Myth Psychological aspects Mythology Myth Psychological aspects Mythology PSYCHOLOGY Movements Psychoanalysis Myth Psychological aspects Myth Psychological aspects Mythology BF175.5.M95 M47 2005eb 150.19/52 B932 Psychoanalytic approaches to myth Merkur, Daniel. New York : Routledge, 2005 (OCoLC)57376129 Theorists of myth (Routledge (Firm)) 0203997247 9780203997246 0824059360 9780824059361 http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=242045 http://site.ebrary.com/id/10094832 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=134824 http://www.myilibrary.com?id=10689 http://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9780203997246 http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=242045 http://site.ebrary.com/id/10094832 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=134824 http://www.myilibrary.com?id=10689 http://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9780203997246 REDDC 050106 20200709055119.0 ocm70723282 eng