Cultivating the Soul

by Luigi Zoja

In Cultivating the Soul Luigi Zoja argues that the soul's 'cultivation' underpins all cultural phenomena. The author examines the mythopoetic function in human beings by locating Psychoanalysis within the history of the Western world and firmly rooting it in the classical tradition. When, for example, Zoja links psychoanalytic narration with the epic-tragic narration in Greek civilization, he is establishing a remarkable kind of continuity, one which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853437581
• ISBN13: 9781853437588
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Free Association Books
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.1"