| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 224 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Continuum advances in religious studies
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Continuum advances in religious studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Points of departure -- Jung's influence on Joseph Campbell -- Overview of book structure -- Methodological reflection -- My hopes for this book -- Part one. Jung -- The development of Jung's ideas -- Early developments -- 'On the nature of the psyche' -- Synchronicity -- The ideas of Anthony Stevens -- Archetype -- Why religion? -- Conclusion -- Part two. Campbell -- Campbell's life -- Boyhood and student years -- Development of core ideas -- Professional career -- Phases one and two of Campbell's career -- Which books by Jung did Campbell own? -- Phase one (1943-1959) -- Phase two (1959-1968) -- Phase three of Campbell's career -- Establishing proof for the Jungian turn -- Reasons for the Jungian turn -- The metaphysical theme in phase three -- Stevens and Campbell : thefinal verdict -- Conclusion -- The model of the three phases : a summary -- Overview and close analysis of my most important arguments -- Campbell as a post-Jungian -- Reflections on the potential benefits of my findings. |
| Summary |
Joseph Campbell (1904-1988) was one of the most well-known and popular scholars of myth and comparative religion of the twentieth century. His work, however, has never fully received the same amount of scholarly interest and critical reflection that some of his contemporaries have received. In this book, based on extensive research in the Joseph Campbell Archive in Santa Barbara, Ritske Rensma shows that reflecting on C.G. Jung's influence on Campbell greatly furthers our understanding of these ideas, and that once this goal is achieved it becomes obvious that Campbell was a scholar whose idea. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Campbell, Joseph, 1904-1987.
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Campbell, Joseph, 1904-1987. |
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Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961 -- Influence.
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Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961. |
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Campbell, Joseph, 1904-1987 -- Influence. |
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Jung, C. G., 1875-1961 (Jung, Carl Gustav) -- Influence. |
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Myth.
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Myth. |
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Jungian psychology -- Religious aspects.
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Jungian psychology -- Religious aspects. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rensma, Ritske. Innateness of myth. New York ; London : Continuum, ©2009 9781441151124 (DLC) 2009010752 (OCoLC)310401976 |
| ISBN |
9781441115836 (electronic book) |
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1441115838 (electronic book) |
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