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Personal and Classical Myth: A Confrontation on the Acropolis

  • On his only visit to Greece, Sigmund Freud experienced brief but unsettling feelings of alienation as he stood on the Acropolis. Haunted by this experience, Freud did not succeed in analyzing it to his own satisfaction until 32 years after the event, in 1936. His interpretation, that he had felt guilt about superseding his father, did not convince most of the critics who have commented on it. The aim of this essay is to demonstrate that while Freud's critics were right in sensing that his explanation was only partial, none were able to decipher his secret. Prominent among the reasons for these repeated failures was lack of acquaintance with the Acropolis itself. Anyone standing where Freud stood becomes enabled to understand otherwise incomprehensible details of his essay. Seeing what Freud saw, however, still is not enough unless one also attempts to acquire some of his knowledge of archaeology and mythology. His competence in these areas made him aware of contradictions (e.g. between classical and archaic architecture and myth) that do not trouble the casual tourist. But his knowledge also furnished him with the tools for mastering his anxiety, turning fear of death into confidence in immortality, and gratifying desires even more ambitious than that of superseding his father.

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Verfasserangaben:R. Fried
Titel des übergeordneten Werkes (Englisch):International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Oslo (Scandinavian University Press) Vol. 6 (No. 1, April 1997), pp. 7-16.
Dokumentart:Artikel / Beiträge
Sprache:Englisch
Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung:1997
Datum der Freischaltung:13.12.2012
Format:PDF-scan upon request / PDF-Scan auf Anfrage
ID-Nr.:Fried_R_1997
Bibliothek von Erich Fromm und Erich Fromm-Archiv:Articles / Artikel
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