The Panic Of The Gods: And Other Essays
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At the crossroads of myth, religion, and the human psyche stands The Panic of the Gods and Other Essays, a landmark collection that draws on the full breadth of Géza Róheim's pioneering scholarship in psychoanalytic anthropology. Róheim argues with characteristic intellectual daring that the great mythological systems of the ancient world are not mere storytelling traditions but are instead the outward expressions of deep-seated psychological anxieties — primal fears that bind all human cultures across time and geography. Each essay in this collection presents a rigorous yet captivating inquiry into the symbolic architecture of myth, ritual, and belief, illuminating the unconscious forces that animate the sacred narratives of civilisations long past. Edited with an authoritative introduction by Werner Muensterberger, this collection stands as a testament to Róheim's singular ability to fuse Freudian theory with first-hand ethnographic fieldwork, a methodology that revolutionised the study of culture in the twentieth century. His prose carries both the precision of a trained analyst and the storytelling instinct of a man deeply fascinated by the strangeness of human belief. For scholars of anthropology, mythology, and psychology alike, The Panic of the Gods remains an essential and thought-provoking challenge to our understanding of why humanity, in every age, has always needed its gods.
Author: Géza Róheim
Format: Hardback
Published: 1972, Harper & Row
Genre: Anthropology
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good.
At the crossroads of myth, religion, and the human psyche stands The Panic of the Gods and Other Essays, a landmark collection that draws on the full breadth of Géza Róheim's pioneering scholarship in psychoanalytic anthropology. Róheim argues with characteristic intellectual daring that the great mythological systems of the ancient world are not mere storytelling traditions but are instead the outward expressions of deep-seated psychological anxieties — primal fears that bind all human cultures across time and geography. Each essay in this collection presents a rigorous yet captivating inquiry into the symbolic architecture of myth, ritual, and belief, illuminating the unconscious forces that animate the sacred narratives of civilisations long past. Edited with an authoritative introduction by Werner Muensterberger, this collection stands as a testament to Róheim's singular ability to fuse Freudian theory with first-hand ethnographic fieldwork, a methodology that revolutionised the study of culture in the twentieth century. His prose carries both the precision of a trained analyst and the storytelling instinct of a man deeply fascinated by the strangeness of human belief. For scholars of anthropology, mythology, and psychology alike, The Panic of the Gods remains an essential and thought-provoking challenge to our understanding of why humanity, in every age, has always needed its gods.