Oedipus Variations

by Karl Kerényi, James Hillman

Have you ever tried to understand what the psychological method of "discovering and finding, or figuring out" is based on? In Oedipus Variations, James Hillman takes on the Oedipal idea of psychoanlaysis and its father, Freud. He exposes analysis and its myth of the search for identity which is still with us, is still blinding us, is still trying to turn people into Oedipus on both sides of the analytical couch. Karl Kerényi explores the variations of the ancient myth, along with its more dramatic versions, from Seneca to T.S. Eliot.

169 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1991

About the author

Károly (Carl, Karl) Kerényi, Ph.D., (University of Budapest, 1919), was one of the founders of modern studies in Greek Mythology, and professor of classical studies and history of religion at the Universities of Szeged and Pécs, Hungary.

Karl Kerenyi is also published under the names Carl Kerenyi and Károly Kerényi, in French as Charles Kerényi and in Italian as Carlo Kerényi.

Reviews

[Marco Sán Sán]

El primer ensayo profundiza en el cuerpo de la práctica que dio nacimiento al psicoanálisis. Sin ser totalmente desmenuzada la práctica pero dejando muy buenas bases del por qué tal tragedia es un perjurio civilizador grave, no por endogámia (que también) sino por comportamientos equivalentes pero enfrentados, una abyección accidental.

El segundo, meh.

[chiara]

bello e ha anche alimentato il mio odio contro il patriarcato

[Dan]

Acquired Sept 23, 1998
Cheap Thrills, Montreal, Quebec