| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 189 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The birth of civilization and the evolution of the succubus -- The succubus, the evil eye and shame -- The historic unfolding of the image of the succubus -- The image of the succubus in the writings Freud and Jung -- The split between Freud and Jung -- Sigmund Freud's Medusa -- Siegfried to Salome: Jung's heroic journey -- The blinded eternal feminine -- From the succubus as child killing mother to the restoration of the eternal feminine -- The succubus of early infancy -- The evil female demon |
| Summary |
Divided into three parts areas of discussion include |
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Masculine Shame: From Succubus to the Eternal Feminine explores the idea that the image of the succubus, a demonic female creature said to emasculate men and murder mothers and infants, has been created out of the masculine projection of same and looks at how the transformation of this image can be traced through Western history, mythology, and Judeo Christian literature |
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The birth of Civilization and the evolution of the succubus |
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The image al the succubus in the writings of Freud and Jung |
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The succubus as child killing mother to the restoration of the eternal feminine |
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Through a process of detailed cultural and social analysis, the author places the image of the succubus at the very heart of psychoanalytic thought, highlighting its presence in both Freud's Medusa and Jung's vision of Salome. As such, this book will be of great interest to all those in the fields of analytical psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. --Book Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.
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Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961.
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| SUBJECT |
Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939 fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/00034252 |
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Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961 fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/00029786 |
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Demonology.
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Parapsychology.
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Subconsciousness.
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Demonology.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Movements -- Psychoanalysis.
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Parapsychology.
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Subconsciousness.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0203816331 |
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1136721436 |
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1283379201 |
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9780203816332 |
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9781136721434 |
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9781283379205 |
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