The fact remains, however, that in his treatment of Homeric psychology Jaynes leans heavily upon The Greeks and the Irrational. f DODDS AND THE IRRATIONAL accommodating such new discoveries as for example the Derveni papyrus, which renders the Estimated Reading Time: 12 mins. By "irrational", Dodds does not mean anything like 20th century notions of "irrationalism", but ideas about religion, general belief in the supernatural, magic, rituals, oracles, the occult, madness, understanding of the unconscious. The influence of these beliefs on other aspects of Greek culture is the main thrust of the book. Agamemnon's Apology. Greeks. The irrationality of the Greeks in. the terms of Freud and Jung is not the theme. of this book, and the general reader who may. be eager to see modern psychiatry explain. everything irrational will be definitely dis-. appointed. It is not that kind of book and. Professor Dodds did not intend it as such.
Dodds' The Greeks and the Irrational is specifically referenced at the end of the song as "footnotes" (including an Ibid) sung by Portman. Publications. Thirty-Two Poems: With a Note On Unprofessional Poetry () Why I Do Not Believe in Survival () Humanism and Technique in Greek Studies () Maenadism in the Bacchae (). The Greeks and the Irrational. Eric R. Dodds - - University of California Press. The Greeks and the Irrational. By E. R. Dodds. Pp. Ix + Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 37s. 6d. Reading notes: The Greeks and the Irrational by E. R. Dodds. An absolutely essential book that combines anthropology, psychology, philosophy, and history to chart the influence of irrational/supernatural ideas in Ancient Greek thought. It's partly a cultural history, partly an attack on the idea of a monolithic rationalistic Greek culture.
Greeks. The irrationality of the Greeks in. the terms of Freud and Jung is not the theme. of this book, and the general reader who may. be eager to see modern psychiatry explain. everything irrational will be definitely dis-. appointed. It is not that kind of book and. Professor Dodds did not intend it as such. The fact remains, however, that in his treatment of Homeric psychology Jaynes leans heavily upon The Greeks and the Irrational. f DODDS AND THE IRRATIONAL accommodating such new discoveries as for example the Derveni papyrus, which renders the dichotomies and preconceptions in question obsolete. E. R. Dodds The Greeks And The Irrational. E. R. Dodds takes on the traditional view of Greek culture as a triumph of rationalism. Using the analytical tools of modern anthropology and psychology, Dodds asks, "Why should we attribute to the ancient Greeks an immunity from 'primitive' modes of thought which we do not find in any society open to our direct observation?".
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