Jungâs âVery Twentieth-Centuryâ View of Mind: Implications for Theorizing about Myth

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Spurred by Robert Segalâs account of how Jung brings mind into the study of myth, this essay considers how Jung brought myth into the study of mind. It considers the intellectual backdrop for Jungâs theorising, and how practical imperatives of psychiatry impacted on his treatment of myths. The Jungian hypothesis of the collective unconscious and the concept of archetypes are critically evaluated with attention to Jungâs description of the associative thinking and the symbolic attitude, and his distinction between archetypes-as-such and their manifestations. Points of convergence and divergence with some of his contemporaries (such as Wundt, Cassirer, and Malinowski) are identified throughout. The current status of Jungâs model in âmainstreamâ psychology is noted.

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Explaining, Interpreting, and Theorizing Religion and Myth

Contributions in Honor of Robert A. Segal

Series:Â Supplements to Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, Volume: 16

Cover Explaining, Interpreting, and Theorizing Religion and Myth

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