NUFD 182 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Jnana, Odysseus, Universe Of The Legend Of Zelda
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4 sections in mid-term (due october 31st: definitions (1-2 sentences, theorist specific definitions (2-3 sentences, short answers (4-6 sentence explanations, essay (3-4 paragraph analysis and evaluation) Geertz: anything that serves as a vehicle for a conception, which is the symbol"s meaning. Jung(new): symbols provide connection with our collective unconscious. Eliade (new): symbolic thinking starts at the same time as language and reasoning. Focused on the importance of the unconscious. Saw symbols at the core of psychoanalysis, and therefore likewise places them at the core of religion. Approaches religion concerned with occurrences, events, experiences, in a word, with facts. It"s truth is a fact and not a judgment. Look to myths from around the world. Discover commonalities in the myths-most important aspect of religion. Religion appears in similar ways because it stems from a similar source in all times and places.
