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Innateness Of Myth

A New Interpretation of Joseph Campbell's Reception of C.G. Jung

by Ritske Rensma

  • Hardback
  • 238 pages
  • Publisher: Continuum
  • 15.5 x 23.4 x 2.3 cm

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This is a study of Joseph Campbell (1904-1988), one of the most well-known and popular scholars of myth and comparative religion of the twentieth century. 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 ideas are still of significance today. Following Jung's lead, Campbell put great emphasis on the innate structures of the mind, an approach which pre-echoes the current 'evolutionary turn' in fields such as cognitive theory, psychology, psychiatry and neurobiology.This study will therefore not just be of interest to students and scholars interested in psychological approaches to the study of religion as well as Jung and Campbell, but also to those with an interest in recent developments in the above-mentioned fields. This groundbreaking new series offers original reflections on theory and method in the study of religions, and demonstrates new approaches to the way religious traditions are studied and presented. Studies published under its auspices look to clarify the role and place of Religious Studies in the academy, but not in a purely theoretical manner.

  • Author

    Ritske Rensma

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Continuum

  • Published

    January 2010

  • Weight

    500g

  • Page Count

    238

  • Dimensions

    15.5 x 23.4 x 2.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9781441151124

  • ISBN-10

    1441151125

  • Eden Code

    2455759

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