The Greeks and the Irrational

by: Doods, E.R.

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The Greeks and the Irrational
E. R. Dodds

About this book
In this philosophy classic, which was first published in 1951, 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?" Praised by reviewers as "an event in modern Greek scholarship" and "a book which it would be difficult to over-praise," The Greeks and the Irrational was Volume 25 of the Sather Classical Lectures series.

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

I. Agamemnon's Apology

II. From Shame-Culture to Guilt-Culture

III. The Blessings of Madness

IV. Dream-Pattern and Culture-Pattern

V. The Greek Shamans and the Origin of Puritanism

VI. Rationalism and Reaction in the Classical Age

VII. Plato, the Irrational Soul, and the Inherited Conglomerate

VIII. The Fear of Freedom

Appendix I. Maenadism

Appendix II. Theurgy

INDEX

The Greeks and the Irrational

by: Doods, E.R.

• ISBN-13: 9780520003279 / 978-0-520-00327-9
• ISBN-03: 0520003276 / 0-520-00327-6
• University of California Press, Berkeley, 1973

Price: 24,00 EURO

1 copy in stock