Hero and His Shadow

by Shalit, Erel

• ISBN13: 9780761827245
• ISBN10: 0761827242
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Amer
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Summary

The Hero and His Shadow introduces a psychological perspective on the history, development and present myths of Israeli society. Erel Shalit focuses on the actualization of the Zionist myth, which depended on a small group of individuals to transform the idea into matter by merging personal identity with collective idea. Shalit also explores the psychological consequences of Israel's wars, from independence to the present war of terror, from a personal and a psychoanalytic perspective, with social examples and clinical vignettes.

Author Biography

Dr. Erel Shalit, author and Jungian psychoanalyst, is training and supervising analyst with the Israel Society of Analytical Psychology

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Andrew Samuels
Preface The Beggar in the Hero's Shadow	xv
Acknowledgments	xxi
Return to the Source	1	(10)
From My Notebook	11	(22)
From Dream to Reality	33	(12)
Origins and Myths	45	(10)
From Redemption to Shadow	55	(40)
Wholeness Apart	95	(16)
Myth, Shadow and Projection	111	(20)
A Crack in the Mask	131	(20)
The Death of the Mythical and the Voice of the Soul	151	(18)
Glossary	169	(4)
Bibliography	173	(8)
Index	181