Masculine shame : from succubus to the eternal feminine / Mary Y. Ayers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ayers, Mary, 1960- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.

Freud, Sigmund.

Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961.

Jung, C. G.

Demonology.

Parapsychology.

Subconsciousness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How does the image of the succubus relate to psychoanalytic thought? Masculine Shame: From Succubus to the Eternal Feminine explores the idea that the image of the succubus, a demonic female creature said to emasculate men and murder mothers and infants, has been created out of the masculine projection of shame and looks at how the transformation of this image can be traced through Western history, mythology, and Judeo-Christian literature. Divided into three parts areas of discussion include:the birth of civilization and the evolution

Contents:

The birth of civilization and the evolution of the succubus

The succubus, the evil eye and shame

The historic unfolding of the image of the succubus

The image of the succubus in the writings Freud and Jung

The split between Freud and Jung

Sigmund Freud's Medusa

Siegfried to Salome: Jung's heroic journey

The blinded eternal feminine

From the succubus as child killing mother to the restoration of the eternal feminine

The succubus of early infancy

The evil female demon.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-72142-8

1-283-37920-1

9786613379207

1-136-72143-6

0-203-81633-1

9780203816332

OCLC:

764571771