Fairy Tales and the Social Unconscious

The Hidden Language

Ravit Raufman, Haim Weinberg (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

2017
Karnac Books (Verlag)
978-1-78220-268-4 (ISBN)

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The book combines two main perspectives: the study of the social unconscious and the study of fairy tales. Examining different versions of fairy tales told by different ethnic communities teaches us about the relations between universal and local/cultural aspects of the social unconscious. Exploring the unique status of fairy tales as located on the border line between concrete/somatic and abstract/linguistic realms sheds light on different levels of the human mind. The book focuses on a specific phenomenon common in fairy tales: a realization of idiomatic expressions - a phenomenon in which an abstract/mental idea is hidden behind a concrete event embedded in the plot. Deciphering the abstract idea out of the pictorial world of the fairy tale enables to understand the stories in a way which is not available otherwise. The book suggests interdisciplinary examination, reminding us the rich, deep messages hidden in fairy tales, and connecting us to early developments in the field of psychoanalysis, by suggesting new interpretation to old, ancient material. The book may be of interest to therapists in the clinical community, as well as to everyone who is fascinated by the fantastic, magical world of fairy tales.

Ravit Raufman, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and group therapist. She is senior lecturer and faculty member at the University of Haifa, Israel; a member of the American Group Psychotherapy Association; and a board member of the International Journal of Group psychotherapy. Her work explores psychoanalytical approaches to fairy-tales, the affinity between fairy-tales and dreams, and thought processes in fairy-tales and groups. Haim Weinberg is a Californian and Israeli licensed psychologist and group analyst. He is Past-president of the Northern California Group Psychotherapy Society and the Israeli Association of Group Psychotherapy. He is the director of an international doctorate program in psychology with an emphasis on group psychotherapy at the Professional School of Psychology, Sacramento, California, where he serves as the academic Vice President.

Series Editor's Foreword , Introduction 1 , Giving one's heart and speaking from the bottom of the heart: the case of the Jewish mother in Eastern European tales , Asked for her hand and the tales about the handless maiden: how is taking the hand associated with a marriage proposal? , Living in her skin: social skin-ego and the maiden who enters others' skins in fairy tales , Eyes and envy: reading Grimms' One-eye, Two-eyes and Three-eyes and its Jewish parallels , I (do not) see what you mean: the concrete and metaphoric dimensions of blindness in fairy tales and the social mind , To step into someone's shoes: the tales about Cinderella , Fire of lust: passion and greed in fairy tales and the social (un)conscious , To eat a crow (swallow frogs): a story of decrees and humiliation , Epilogue

Reihe/Serie	The New International Library of Group Analysis
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	147 x 230 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
ISBN-10	1-78220-268-4 / 1782202684
ISBN-13	978-1-78220-268-4 / 9781782202684
Zustand	Neuware