Oedipus, PhilosopherThis work argues that if the logic of the Oedipus myth were subjected to analysis with the tools of anthropology, comparative mythology and narratology, it might invalidate the approach to the Oedipus complex that Freud derived from his psychoanalytic experience. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Standard and Nonstandard Myths | 5 |
Psychoanalysis and Murder | 25 |
The Rite of the Sphinx | 40 |
The Triple Trial | 60 |
5 Greek Subversion | 82 |
The Wrath of Apollo 24 | 94 |
From Aspective to Perspective | 119 |
Philosophy I | 140 |
Philosophy II | 159 |
Oedipuss Legacy | 182 |
Conclusion | 201 |
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