Mythical Psychoanalysis: Freud, Lacan and Lévi-Strauss examines the human psyche through the theoretical lenses of three pioneering thinkers, exploring how humans create their own symbolic reality.
This innovative work treats Freud's archetypal cases as myths, paralleling local myths in their structure and the knowledge they contain. The book reviews the views of Freud, Lacan, and Lévi-Strauss on various aspects of the human psyche, identifying similarities and differences, and extracting the truths that emerge through the convergence of aspects.Look at them.
Through twelve comprehensive chapters, this work explores creation myths, kinship relations, symbolism, and the structural underpinnings of meaning-making in both clinical and cultural contexts. The author uses a narrative style that brings to life captivating accounts of local legends and psychoanalytic case studies, making complex theoretical concepts accessible to the reader through engaging examples and biographical insights.
