Psychoanalytic approaches to myth : Freud and the Freudians /

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 scie...

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Main Author: Merkur, Daniel
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2005
Series:Theorists of myth (Routledge (Firm))
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