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ISBN 10:1135575274
ISBN 13:9781135575274
Author: Daniel Merkur
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
- 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 Approach
- Metaphor 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?
- Reference
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