Allan B. Chinen

The Muses of Truth and Transformation

A Jungian Perspective on Timeless Tales

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Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on the author's own experiences as a psychiatrist-psychotherapist, this fascinating new book gathers and analyzes folktales from around the world about adults struggling with conflicts and trying to determine truth. These narratives illustrate how storytelling is crucial to the process of reconciliation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781032748115
• ISBN-10: 1032748117
• Artikelnr.: 71186452

Autorenporträt

Allan B. Chinen, MD is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry (voluntary), University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine and a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is the author of In the Ever After, Once Upon a Midlife, Waking the World and Beyond the Hero, as well as a co-editor of The Textbook of Transpersonal Psychiatry and Psychology.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Timeless Storytelling and Contemporary Wisdom 1. Our Plight Today:
"The Fisherman and the Djinn," Part I. Storytelling and Modes of
Comprehension: "The Fisherman and the Djinn," Part II. Why Comprehension
Modes Are Cross-Cultural: "When You Really Listen to a Story" 5. Ancient
Modes and Modern Doctors: a Joke Part 2: Comprehension Modes in Operation
6. Comprehension Operations: "The Turtle Tower" 7. The Development of
Comprehension Modes: "The Navajo Story of Emergence" 8. Structures of
Creation and Comprehension: "Ta'aroa Creates the World," and "The Big Bang"
Part 3: Comprehension, Truth, and Transformation 10. Comprehension and
Contemporary Disputes: "The Wolverine Grudge" 11. Truth and Transformation:
"Orpheus' Descent into the Underworld" 12. Monotheism and Monolithic Truth:
"Moses Part I." 13. Disciplined Truth: "The Muses" Part 4: 14. Judging
Shoes and Facts: "The Elves and the Shoemaker 15. Faith, Fact and Feat: "A
Lost Shoe of Gold" 16. Virtual Understanding and Empathy: "The Rich Man's
Dreams" "The Princess Liar" 18.Principles and Problem-Solving: "Penguin
Island" 19. Creative Problem-Solving: "Crossing the River" " 21.
Transcendence and the Mythic Mode: "Moses Part II" 23. Absolute Truth:
"Procrustes" 24. Summary: Truth, Transformation and Re-Forging: "How
Nanapush Brought the Peace Pipe to the People" 25. Epilogue: The Practice
of Chivalry and Comprehension Today: King Arthur's Roundtable