Myth and Thought among the Greeks (Routledge Revivals)
Published on 15. March 2014
Book
Hardback
382 pages
978-1-138-77473-5 (ISBN)
Description
Myth and Thought among the Greeks, first published in 1965, presents a collection of early essays by the distinguished French anthropologist Jean-Pierre Vernant. Focussing on Hellenism from the perspective of historical psychology, he applies structuralist ideas to Greek culture and myth with the purpose of discerning the contours of the ancient Greek personality.
Vernant develops a structuralist analysis of Hesiod's myth of the races, then goes on to examine aspects of memory and time. He investigates in detail the organisation of space and the development of the conception of space. Work and technological thought are discussed in an important section, which also covers the psychological category of the double, personal identity and religion, and the movement from 'mythical' to 'rational' thought.
These essays represent a pioneering approach to the study of Greek myth, illuminating the obscure turning point which the psychology of Hellenism marks in the history of Western culture.
Vernant develops a structuralist analysis of Hesiod's myth of the races, then goes on to examine aspects of memory and time. He investigates in detail the organisation of space and the development of the conception of space. Work and technological thought are discussed in an important section, which also covers the psychological category of the double, personal identity and religion, and the movement from 'mythical' to 'rational' thought.
These essays represent a pioneering approach to the study of Greek myth, illuminating the obscure turning point which the psychology of Hellenism marks in the history of Western culture.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-138-77473-5 (9781138774735)
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Content
Introduction Part One: Myth Structures 1. Hesiod's Myth of the Races: An Essay in Structural Analysis 2. Hesiod's Myth of the Races: A Reassessment Part Two: Mythical Aspects of Memory of Time 3. Mythical Aspects of Memory 4. The Rive of Ameles and the Melete Thanatou Part Three: The Organisation of Space 5. Hestia-Hermes: The Religious Expression of Space and Movement in Ancient Greece 6. Geometry and Spherical Astronomy in the First Greek Cosmology 7. Geometrical Structure and Political Ideas in the Cosmology of Anaximander 8. Space and Political Organisation in Ancient Greece Part Four: Work and Technological Thought 9. Prometheus and the Technological Function 10. Work and Nature in Ancient Greece 11. Some Psychological Aspects of Work in Ancient Greece 12. Some Remarks on the Forms and Limitations of Technological Thought among the Greeks Part Five: The Psychological Category of the Double 13. The Representation of the Invisible and the Psychological Category of the Double: The Colossos Part Six: Personal Identity and Religion 14. Some Aspects of Personal Identity in Greek Religion Part Seven: From Myth to Reason 15. The Formation of Positivist Thought in Archaic Greece; Index