| Description |
xi, 256 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Theorizing the archaic -- 1.Introduction: A brief history of the archaic / Paul Bishop -- 2.̀Archaic theories of history': Thucydides, Hesiod, Pindar: The originary character of language [1990] / Ernesto Grassi -- 3.Genius loci and the numen of a place: A mytho-phenomenological approach to the archaic / Robert Josef Kozljanic -- 4.The archaic and the sublimity of origins / Alan Cardew -- 5.The idea of the archaic in German thought: Creuzer - Bachofen - Nietzsche - Heidegger / Charles Bambach -- pt. II Jungian Approaches: Context and critique -- 6.Archaic man [1930] / C. G. Jung -- 7.Jung and Levy-Bruhl / Robert A. Segal -- 8.Jung ̀performing' the archaic: Response to ̀Jung and Levy-Bruhl' / Susan Rowland -- 9.The archaic: Timeliness and timelessness / Paul Bishop |
| Summary |
"The Archaic takes as its major reference points C.G. Jung's classic essay, 'Archaic Man' (1930), and Ernesto Grassi's paper on 'Archaic theories of history' (1990). Moving beyond the confines of a Jungian framework to include other methodological approaches, this book explores the concept of the archaic. Defined as meaning 'old-fashioned', 'primitive', 'antiquated', the archaic is, in fact, much more than something very, very old: it is timeless, inasmuch as it is before time itself. Arch,̇ Urgrund, Ungrund, 'primordial darkness', 'eternal nothing' are names for something essentially nameless, yet whose presence we nevertheless intuit. This book focuses on the reception of myth in the tradition of German Idealism or Romanticism (Creuzer, Schelling, Nietzsche), which not only looked back to earlier thinkers (such as Jacob Boehme) but also laid down roots for developments in twentieth-century thought (Ludwig Klages, Martin Heidegger). The Archaic also includes: - studies of the Germanic dimension of the archaic (Charles Bambach, Alan Cardew) - a discussion of the mytho-phenomenological approach to the archaic (Robert Josef Kozljani)̈ - a series of articles on Jung's understanding of the archaic (Paul Bishop, Susan Rowland, Robert Segal). This book will be of interest to psychoanalysts, anthropologists and phenomenologists, as well as students of psychology, cultural studies, religious studies, and philosophy, as it seeks to rehabilitate a concept of demonstrable and urgent relevance for our time"-- |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Cosmology -- Philosophy.
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Phenomenology.
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| Author |
Bishop, Paul, 1967-
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| LC no. |
2011011102 |
| ISBN |
9780415547550 hardback |
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0415547555 hardback |
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9780415547567 paperback |
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0415547563 paperback |
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