Mythologie et psychologie
Despite extravagant contents, which go far beyond so-called “normal” behaviours, mythology is not the pathological narrative to which psychologists or psychoanalysts are inclined to confine it. On the contrary, mythologists have neglected the omnipresence of psychic...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fra |
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Presses universitaires de Caen
2002-12-01
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| Series: | Kentron |
| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/kentron/1917 |
| Summary: | Despite extravagant contents, which go far beyond so-called “normal” behaviours, mythology is not the pathological narrative to which psychologists or psychoanalysts are inclined to confine it. On the contrary, mythologists have neglected the omnipresence of psychic immoderateness. Their analyses draw no conclusions from the presence of the monsters, matricides, patricides, infanticides, incests, etc., which that are tremendously present in myths.The present article aims to demonstrate that the “psychological” contents of mythological narratives should be thoroughly considered. However, contrary to psychoanalysts’ or psychologists’ assertions, mythology escapes any attempt at nosographic analysis. The author explains why mythic narratives are full of behaviours that are now classified as pathological, and why these should not be considered as reflecting pathological lived experience. This apparent paradox disappears once one understands that mythology was the first dynamic psychology that humanity invented in order to explain the depths of the psyche. |
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| ISSN: | 0765-0590 2264-1459 |