The Ecstatic And The Archaic: An Analytical Psychological Inquiry
by Paul Bishop /
2018 / English / PDF
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The word ‘archaic’ derives from the Greek
The word ‘archaic’ derives from the Greekarkhaios
arkhaios, which
in turn is related to the word
, which
in turn is related to the wordarchē
archē, meaning ‘principle’,
‘origin’, or ‘cause’; the notion of ecstasy, or
, meaning ‘principle’,
‘origin’, or ‘cause’; the notion of ecstasy, orekstasis
ekstasis,
implies standing outside or beyond oneself, a self-transcendence.
How these two concepts are articulated and co-implicated
constitutes the core question underlying this edited collection,
which examines both the present day and antiquity in order to
trace the insistent presence of the ecstatic amid the archaic.
,
implies standing outside or beyond oneself, a self-transcendence.
How these two concepts are articulated and co-implicated
constitutes the core question underlying this edited collection,
which examines both the present day and antiquity in order to
trace the insistent presence of the ecstatic amid the archaic.
Presented in three parts, the contributors to this diverse book
take the concept of the archaic in an entirely new direction.
Part I, 'Ecstasy and the psychological', covers topics including
Jung, Freud, ancient psychotherapy, desire, and theatre. Part II,
'Ecstatic-archaic history', considers Ludwig Klages, Orestes and
Dionysus. Finally, Part III, 'Ancient ecstatic in other worlds',
examines Luo Guanzhong’s
Presented in three parts, the contributors to this diverse book
take the concept of the archaic in an entirely new direction.
Part I, 'Ecstasy and the psychological', covers topics including
Jung, Freud, ancient psychotherapy, desire, and theatre. Part II,
'Ecstatic-archaic history', considers Ludwig Klages, Orestes and
Dionysus. Finally, Part III, 'Ancient ecstatic in other worlds',
examines Luo Guanzhong’sThree Kingdoms
Three Kingdoms and Enki at Eridu.
The collection offers a distinctive contextualisation of the
dimension of the archaic in relation to the ecstatic experience.
and Enki at Eridu.
The collection offers a distinctive contextualisation of the
dimension of the archaic in relation to the ecstatic experience.The Ecstatic and the Archaic
The Ecstatic and the Archaic will appeal to readers
interested in the relationship between ancient and postmodern
worlds, and in how the past manifests itself in the present. It
will be of great interest to academics and students of Jungian
and post-Jungian ideas, classical religions and the history of
ideas, as well as practitioners of analytical psychology and
psychoanalysis.
will appeal to readers
interested in the relationship between ancient and postmodern
worlds, and in how the past manifests itself in the present. It
will be of great interest to academics and students of Jungian
and post-Jungian ideas, classical religions and the history of
ideas, as well as practitioners of analytical psychology and
psychoanalysis.
