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BL
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956784
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b711154
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Merkur, Daniel.
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| Title & Author
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Psychoanalytic approaches to myth : : Freud and the Freudians /\ Dan Merkur.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Routledge,, 2005.
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| Series Statement
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Theorists of myth
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1 online resource (x, 161 pages)
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| ISBN
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0203997247
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: 0824059360
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: 1280106891
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: 9780203997246
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: 9780824059361
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: 9781280106897
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-156) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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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.
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Myth-- Psychological aspects.
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Mythology.
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Myth-- Psychological aspects.
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Mythology.
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PSYCHOLOGY-- Movements-- Psychoanalysis.
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Myth-- Psychological aspects.
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| Dewey Classification
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150.19/52
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| LC Classification
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BF175.5.M95M47 2005eb
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B932clc
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