The return of the primitive : a new sociological theory of religion / Richard K. Fenn
Imprint
Aldershot : Ashgate, 2001
Descript
vii, 131 p. ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Social construction of the primitive -- Primitive unconscious: The dream as a source of sedition -- Searching for the collective unconscious: The return of the primitive crime --Recovering the primitive: Dante's descent into hell -- Experiencing the primitive -- Overcoming the primitive self: Pereenial spiritual journeys -- Descent into the unconscious as unauthorized self-possession: The recovery of the lost and dying self -- Preventing the dealth of the soul: Freud's descent into the realm of the unconscious -- Secular Pilgrim's progress through hell