The Archaic takes as its major reference points C.G. Jung's
classic essay, 'Archaic Man' (1930), and Ernesto Grassi's paper on
'Archaic Theories of History' (1990). Moving beyond the confines of
a Jungian framework to include other methodological approaches,
this book explores the concept of the archaic.
Defined as meaning 'old-fashioned', 'primitive', 'antiquated',
the archaic is, in fact, much more than something very, very old:
it is timeless, inasmuch as it is before time itself. Arch,
Urgrund, Ungrund, 'primordial darkness', 'eternal nothing' are
names for something essentially nameless, yet whose presence we
nevertheless intuit.
This book focuses on the reception of myth in the tradition of
German Idealism or Romanticism (Creuzer, Schelling, Nietzsche),
which not only looked back to earlier thinkers (such as Jacob
Boehme) but also laid down roots for developments in
twentieth-century thought (Ludwig Klages, Martin Heidegger). The
Archaic also includes:
- studies of the Germanic dimension of the archaic (Charles
Bambach, Alan Cardew)
- a discussion of the mytho-phenomenological approach to the
archaic (Robert Josef Kozljani )
- a series of articles on Jung's understanding of the archaic
(Paul Bishop, Susan Rowland, Robert Segal).
This book will be of interest to psychoanalysts, anthropologists
and phenomenologists, as well as students of psychology, cultural
studies, religious studies, and philosophy, as it seeks to
rehabilitate a concept of demonstrable and urgent relevance for our
time.
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