Cultural Zoo - Animals in the Human Mind and Its Sublimations

Informationen zum Autor Akhtar, Salman Klappentext This book traces the historical and cross-cultural aspects of the psychic bond between man and animals, and elucidates the role of animals in the normal development of the human mind. It discusses the phenomenology and dynamics of the appearance of animals in human dreams. Zusammenfassung This book traces the historical and cross-cultural aspects of the psychic bond between man and animals! and elucidates the role of animals in the normal development of the human mind. It discusses the phenomenology and dynamics of the appearance of animals in human dreams. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction -- Animals and the Human Mind -- Cross-Cultural Perspectives on the Bond Between Man and Animals -- Dreams of Animals -- Animals and the Culture at Large -- Human to Animal Transformations in Literature -- Animals in Children’s Stories -- Artists and Beasts: Sacred and Sacrificed -- Animals, Music, and Psychoanalysis -- Animals and Religion -- An Annotated Visit to the Cinematic Zoo -- Immigration, National Identity, and Animals

Product details

• Authors: Salman (EDT)/ Volkan Akhtar
• Assisted by: Salman Akhtar (Editor), Vamik D Volkan (Editor), Vamik D. Volkan (Editor)
• Publisher: Stylus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2014
• EAN: 9781782201663
• ISBN: 978-1-78220-166-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Psychoanalysis; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works