Meaning and Being in MythPenn State Press, 2010 M11 1 |
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... function of the gods is not only punitive . The gods also are the signifiers that bridge the chasm between the self and the Other . Standing in the field of the Other , the gods are the sympathetic wit- nesses to the self's travail as ...
... function of the gods is not only punitive . The gods also are the signifiers that bridge the chasm between the self and the Other . Standing in the field of the Other , the gods are the sympathetic wit- nesses to the self's travail as ...
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... function are so closely synchronized as to allow almost no interval , as Bergson puts it . between representation and act.3 But as instinct shades into intellect a breach opens up between form and function , which allows for the larger ...
... function are so closely synchronized as to allow almost no interval , as Bergson puts it . between representation and act.3 But as instinct shades into intellect a breach opens up between form and function , which allows for the larger ...
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... function is to induce guilt . But Meursault , emancipated even from such vestiges of the mythical powers , knows no guilt . With neither gods nor ghosts to trouble his conscience , we would expect Meursault to be supremely happy . Far ...
... function is to induce guilt . But Meursault , emancipated even from such vestiges of the mythical powers , knows no guilt . With neither gods nor ghosts to trouble his conscience , we would expect Meursault to be supremely happy . Far ...
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Contents
The Numinous Ground | 11 |
Jobs Noble Euphemism | 31 |
Hesiods Archaic Cosmology | 49 |
Pandora and the Revenge of the Mind | 65 |
The Serpent in the Garden | 85 |
Herakles The Hero of the Anima | 109 |
The Hero | 112 |
The Divine Presence in Homers Iliad | 135 |
Hamlets Hungry Ghost | 153 |
The Empirical Stranger | 173 |
The Universal Self | 193 |
Notes | 197 |
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Achilles Adversary Agamemnon alienation ancient myths anger Apollo archetypal Athena becomes biological birth Book of Job calls chaos demon Chryses combat consciousness corpse cosmology created cult curse death Deianeira Delphi desire discovers dragon dream earth ego's emotions enemy epiphany euphemism Euripides Eurystheus evil father fear Fontenrose 1959 Freud function Gaia ghost God's Greek ground Hamlet Hera Hera's Herakles hero hero's Hesiod Hesiod's myth Homer's honor human I-Thou ideal Iliad imagination intuition Iphitos Job's Jung killed king Lacan Leviathan libido living Māyā meaning Meursault mind mode modern mother murder mythical narcissism nature negate Neleus neocortex numinous object Olympians Olympos Omphale Pandora play poem Priam Prometheus psyche Python reveals revenge sacrifice Satan says sciousness serpent signifiers sky gods smile snake Sophocles soul superego tabu takes Theogony thought tion trans transcending translates Typhon unconscious University Press vision warrior wife women Zeus