CLASS102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Karl Otfried Müller, James George Frazer, Giambattista Vico
12 Jan 2017
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Theagenes (6th century bce: mythical battles represented conflicts among natural forces. Greek stoics (4th century bce: used physical allegory to explain myths i. e. the god cronus = chronos (time) Neoplatonism: myths provide hints to the moral world beyond. Myth rooted in ignorance of humans in earlier states of cultural development. Friedrich creuzer (1771-1858: assumed that east indian myth and religion existed before greek myth and religion, use of symbols to communicate ideas, moved away from allegory. Co(cid:373)pared early europea(cid:374) societies to (cid:374)e(cid:449)ly disco(cid:448)ered cultures fro(cid:373) colo(cid:374)ial outposts i(cid:374) the (cid:862)ne(cid:449) world(cid:863) Max m ller (1823-1900: allegory of struggle between light and dark. A systematized set of theories about human behaviour. A method of treatment of psychological or emotional illness. Dreams are the fulfilments of wishes that have been repressed and disguised. Repression, in early childhood, of libidinal feelings for the parent of the opposite sex. Desire to suppress the parent of the same sex.
