A compulsion for antiquity : Freud and the ancient world / Richard H. Armstrong.

  • Armstrong, Richard H.
Date:
2005
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Publication/Creation

Ithaca, NY ; London : Cornell University Press, 2005.

Physical description

xii, 305 pages ; 24 cm.

Contents

Compulsive situations -- Compulsive anatomy -- The Theban paradigm -- Leonardo's gay science -- The cunning of tradition -- Conquest and interpretation -- Memory, biography, history, myth -- Critique and divination -- The archaeology of freedom -- Uncanny understanding and a grave philosophy -- The myth of Ur.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-300) and index.

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    History of Medicine
    PQW /ARM
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ISBN

  • 0801443024