UID:
almahu_9949927123202882
Umfang:
1 online resource (184 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781040226995
Inhalt:
Drawing on the author's own experiences as a psychiatrist-psychotherapist, this fascinating new book gathers and analyzes folktales from around the world about adults struggling with conflicts and trying to determine truth. These narratives illustrate how storytelling is crucial to the process of reconciliation.
Anmerkung:
Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Prologue -- Acknowledgments -- Part I Timeless Storytelling and Contemporary Wisdom -- 1 Our Plight Today: "The Fisherman and the Djinn," Part I -- 2 Storytelling and Modes of Comprehension: "The Fisherman and the Djinn, Part II. -- 3 Comprehension and Transformation Today: "A Christmas Carol -- 4 Why Comprehension Modes Are Cross-Cultural: "When You Really Listen to a Story -- 5 Ancient Modes and Modern Doctors: A Medical Joke -- Part II Comprehension Modes in Operation -- 6 Comprehension Operations: "The Turtle Tower -- 7 The Development of Comprehension Modes: "The Navajo Story of Emergence -- 8 Structures of Creation and Comprehension: "Ta'aroa Creates the World," and The Big Bang -- Part III Comprehension, Truth, and Transformation -- 9 Comprehension Modes and Transformation: "Why the Platypus is Special -- 10 Levels of Comprehension: "The Wolverine Grudge -- 11 Truth and Transformation: "Orpheus' Descent into the Underworld -- 12 Monotheism and Monolithic Truth: Moses Part I -- 13 Disciplined Truth: "The Muses -- Part IV Judging Multiple Modes of Truth -- 14 Judging Shoes and Facts: "The Elves and the Shoemaker -- 15 Faith, Fact and Feat: "A Lost Shoe of Gold -- 16 Virtual Understanding and Empathy: "The Rich Man's Dreams -- 17 Games and Free Speech: "The Princess Liar -- 18 Principles and Problem Solving: "Penguin Island -- 19 Creative Problem Solving: "Crossing the River -- 20 Judging Mythic Experiences: "Krishna and Arjuna -- 21 Transcendence and the Mythic Mode: "Moses Part II -- 22 The Place and Practice of Home: "Baucis and Philemon -- 23 Absolute Truth: "Procrustes -- Summary. Truth, Transformation and Re-Forging: "How Nanapush Brought the Peace Pipe to the People -- Epilogue. The Practice of Chivalry and Comprehension Today: Kings Arthur's Roundtable -- Index.
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: Chinen, Allan B. The Muses of Truth and Transformation Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2024 ISBN 9781032748115
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
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