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Orfanos, Spyros D.

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“…the inhibition of self-determination. Orfanos concludes its examination by saying that the myth of Prometheus represents both the ethics of the industrialization, the triumph of the material comfort and of a life less painful, than that of creativity, of perseverance in the search for solutions even in a desperate situation, expressed by hope hidden in the bottom of Pandora's vessel, then the ethics of civilization and emancipation (Orfanos S. D., 2006). This evolution of the psycho-analytic interpretations have in common the ruling out of the centrality of the oedipean conflict by the content of the myths, which are therefore interpreted in the light of different models (such as the relational .. and/or analysis of the Ego models).…”

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The Myth as a Tool for Human Behavior Setting

Scarnera¹

2016

International Journal of Social Science Studies

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For different reasons, the psychoanalytical and structuralist models of analysis of the Myths fail to provide satisfactory explanations of methods by which the ancient myths have managed to remain in time and spread in space, although not possessed any organizations specially designed for this purpose. Discussing the literature most salient on this topic, the present work identifies the conceiving and enjoying features that may help to explain this phenomenon, including the production of numerous variations which characterizes the myths in time and space without substantially altering their identity, at the same time making the production and use of Myths an extraordinary instrument of psychosocial adjustment of the Community to which they relate. The analysis of the Prometheus/Origin of Mankind Myth is then proposed, within a model that attempts to furnish explanations more satisfying.

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Section: Discussion Of the Interpretations Of The Myth Of Prometheusmentioning

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The Myth as a Tool for Human Behavior Setting

Scarnera¹

2016

International Journal of Social Science Studies

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“…Carlo Strenger's (2009) writing on midlife similarly relates creativity to the acceptance of death and limit. So does Spyros Orfanos's (2006) exploration of the Prometheus myth. And Leanh Nguyen's (2007) reflections on victims of trauma and torture who have obliterated mortality and the creativity that goes with it.…”

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Psychoanalytic reflections on limitation: Aging, dying, generativity, and renewal.

McWilliams¹

2017

Psychoanalytic Psychology

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In this written version of a talk given to a Division 39 audience, the author reflects on issues of limitation, including mortality. She addresses the evident reluctance of many analysts to engage at a personal level, both clinically and theoretically, with aging, loss of function, and dying and invites a conversation about how elderly therapists may prepare for the impact on their patients of their eventual decline and death. She attributes part of the widespread avoidance of such issues to implicit Western-especially American-cultural ideologies, which are replete with Lockean-era assumptions that resources are boundless, that problems are all fixable, and that individual entitlements are more concerning than communal needs and obligations. She contrasts such attitudes with dominant psychoanalytic sensibilities and clinical knowledge, drawing some inferences for the profession. She considers the positive aspects of limitation, including some ways it opens up possibilities for creativity and generativity. Finally, she takes up specifically the aging of members of Division 39 and other psychoanalytic groups, the accomplishments of the current generation of analysts, and the challenges to be faced by psychoanalytic professionals in the next generation.

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The Myth as a Tool for Human Behavior Setting

Psychoanalytic reflections on limitation: Aging, dying, generativity, and renewal.

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