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Showing posts with label Freud. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Freud. Show all posts

Friday, July 27, 2012

What Is Myth?

Question: What Is Myth? Although it may seem obvious, there is no single, simple answer. Here are some of the common ideas and their short-comings. Following these is a look at what folklorists and psychologists/psychoanalysts take the term to mean. Finally, there is a working definition you may find useful.

Answer: If It's a Silly Story, It Could Be a MythEveryone knows what a myth is, right? Centaurs. Flying pigs or horses. Return trips to the Underworld. Stories like: Obviously, you might argue, a myth is a (ridiculous) story no one really believes. Maybe some time, long ago, there were people naive enough to have believed in it, but now we know better.

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Freud, profet sau şarlatan?

De curând a apărut o excelentă biografie a celui numit chiar de biograful său „evreul fără Dumnezeu", cel care prin cartea sa de interpretare a viselor a dat lumii coşmaruri, genialul şi intens diabolizatul Sigmund Freud.

În lucrarea „Freud, o viaţă pentru timpul nostru", apărută în româneşte la Editura Trei, istoricul american Peter Gay îl compară pe Freud cu Darwin făcând referire la modul în care ambii savanţi au scandalizat întreaga lume prin teoriile lor. Dar, dacă în ceea ce-l priveşte pe Darwin omenirea s-a mai liniştit, Freud încă naşte controverse de-a dreptul pătimaşe, fiind fie pus la stâlpul infamiei, fie adulat de-a dreptul.