The Creative Myth and The Cosmic Hero : Text and Context in Ernest Becker's The Denial of Death
by
Ron Evans
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0820418455
ISBN-13
9780820418452
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 1st, 1992
Print length
145 Pages
Weight
376 grams
Dimensions
16.00 x 23.60 x 1.40 cms
Product Classification:
Psychological theory & schools of thoughtBehavioural theory (Behaviourism)Psychology of gender
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Becker''s hypothesis about psychic and spiritual unity within the Rankian idea of a hero provides the framework for this book. By extending Rank''s and Becker''s conceptions of heroism from a developmental process involving a «World Hero Child,» through a Monomythic narrative sequence (Campbell, 1968), and on into the literary texts of American fiction, this book illustrates Becker''s wisdom. At the same time, it explores the implications that remain undeveloped in Becker''s The Denial of Death, implications about gender, about modern technocratic life and about popular culture as blocks to heroism. The result is a synthesis of mythic-textual-psychoanalytical theory into a belief system that is perpetuated by resonant readings.
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