The Innateness of Myth: A New Interpretation of Joseph Campbell's Reception of C.G. Jung
Joseph Campbell (1904-1988) was one of the most well-known and popular scholars of myth and comparative religion of the twentieth century. His work, however, has never fully received the same amount of scholarly interest and critical reflection that some of his contemporaries have received.


In this book, based on extensive research in the Joseph Campbell Archive in Santa Barbara, Ritske Rensma shows that reflecting on C.G. Jung's influence on Campbell greatly furthers our understanding of these ideas, and that once this goal is achieved it becomes obvious that Campbell was a scholar whose ideas are still of significance today. Following Jung's lead, Campbell put great emphasis on the innate structures of the mind, an approach which pre-echoes the current 'evolutionary turn' in fields such as cognitive theory, psychology, psychiatry and neurobiology.

This study will therefore not just be of interest to students and scholars interested in psychological approaches to the study of religion as well as Jung and Campbell, but also to those with an interest in recent developments in the above-mentioned fields
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The Innateness of Myth: A New Interpretation of Joseph Campbell's Reception of C.G. Jung
Joseph Campbell (1904-1988) was one of the most well-known and popular scholars of myth and comparative religion of the twentieth century. His work, however, has never fully received the same amount of scholarly interest and critical reflection that some of his contemporaries have received.


In this book, based on extensive research in the Joseph Campbell Archive in Santa Barbara, Ritske Rensma shows that reflecting on C.G. Jung's influence on Campbell greatly furthers our understanding of these ideas, and that once this goal is achieved it becomes obvious that Campbell was a scholar whose ideas are still of significance today. Following Jung's lead, Campbell put great emphasis on the innate structures of the mind, an approach which pre-echoes the current 'evolutionary turn' in fields such as cognitive theory, psychology, psychiatry and neurobiology.

This study will therefore not just be of interest to students and scholars interested in psychological approaches to the study of religion as well as Jung and Campbell, but also to those with an interest in recent developments in the above-mentioned fields
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The Innateness of Myth: A New Interpretation of Joseph Campbell's Reception of C.G. Jung

The Innateness of Myth: A New Interpretation of Joseph Campbell's Reception of C.G. Jung

by Ritske Rensma
The Innateness of Myth: A New Interpretation of Joseph Campbell's Reception of C.G. Jung

The Innateness of Myth: A New Interpretation of Joseph Campbell's Reception of C.G. Jung

by Ritske Rensma

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Overview

Joseph Campbell (1904-1988) was one of the most well-known and popular scholars of myth and comparative religion of the twentieth century. His work, however, has never fully received the same amount of scholarly interest and critical reflection that some of his contemporaries have received.


In this book, based on extensive research in the Joseph Campbell Archive in Santa Barbara, Ritske Rensma shows that reflecting on C.G. Jung's influence on Campbell greatly furthers our understanding of these ideas, and that once this goal is achieved it becomes obvious that Campbell was a scholar whose ideas are still of significance today. Following Jung's lead, Campbell put great emphasis on the innate structures of the mind, an approach which pre-echoes the current 'evolutionary turn' in fields such as cognitive theory, psychology, psychiatry and neurobiology.

This study will therefore not just be of interest to students and scholars interested in psychological approaches to the study of religion as well as Jung and Campbell, but also to those with an interest in recent developments in the above-mentioned fields

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781441126801
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 10/27/2011
Series: Continuum Advances in Religious Studies
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 238
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Dr Ritske Rensma is currently teaching World Religions at the Roosevelt Academy in Middelburg, the Netherlands

Table of Contents

Introduction

    Jung's influence on Campbell
    Overview
    Methodological reflection
    What this book aims to achieve

Part 1 - Jung
1 The development of Jung's ideas about the concept of the archetype
    Early developments
    "On the nature of the psyche"
    Synchronicity
2 The Ideas of Anthony Stevens
    Ideas expressed in the book "Archetype Revisited"
    Steven's take on Jung's ideas about religion
    Conclusion
 
Part 2 Campbell
3 Campbell's Life
    Boyhood and student years
    Development of core ideas
    Professional career
4 Phase One and Two of Campbell's Career
    Which books by Jung did Campbell own?
    Phase one (1944-1959)
    Phase two (1959-1968)
5 Phase Three of Campbell's Life
6 Conclusion
    The model of the three phases: a summary
    Overview and close analysis of my most important
    arguments
    Campbell as a 'post-Jungian'
    Reflections on the potential benefits of my findings
 
Appendix I
 
Bibliography
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