Jung and Jungians on Myth

Zusatztext "This is an admirably clear and informative book. In the space of just 198 pages Walker conveys the essence of the Jungian theory of myth and shows its applicability within a wide range of cultural contexts..." -- Method & Theory in the Study of Religion"Walker demonstrates that the Jungian reading of narrative! whether myth or drea! is highly contextualized...we discover in this study a Jung who is alert to the history he is living through." -- Religious Studies Reivew Informationen zum Autor Steven Walker is Professor of Comparative Literature at Rutgers University. Klappentext First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung Steven Walker carefully leads the reader through the essential lines of thought in Jungian psychology before developing his method for using Jungian ideas to approach mythological texts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editor's Foreword; Introduction; Chapter One: Mythology and the Archetypes of the Collective Unconsciousness; Chapter Two: The Strange Mythology of the Psyche: The Shadow, Anima and the Animus; Chapter Three: The Strange Mythology of the Psyche: The Hero, Wise Old Man, Great Mother, Divine Child and self; Chapter Four: The Jungian Analysis of Myth; Chapter Five: New Orientations and Developments; Selected Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Steven Walker, Steven F. Walker
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.01.2002
• EAN: 9780415936316
• ISBN: 978-0-415-93631-6
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 215 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Theorists of Myth; Theorists of Myth (Routledge); Theorists of Myth
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Psychoanalysis; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Psychology: states of consciousness, Folklore, myths & legends, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Conscious & unconscious, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis