6/30/2023 0 Comments The hero with a thousand faces![]() ![]() The superficial similarities of many stories worldwide is further to be analysed in terms of rights of passage, Freudian and Jungian themes. After making this dodgy reductionist move the field is open for Campbell to further reduce and over generalise everything he can find to fit into a single monomyth about the hero. The difference is that the former is directed at a local audience whereas the latter is a mythology for everyone. For Campbell, it seems, mythology and religion are to be conflated. Campbell knits together the worlds mythologies and the stories therein are interesting and pleasant to listen to it is the connecting material that is sadly lacking. I'm afraid that I just find it a triumph of over generalisation and reductionism. ![]() I am obviously aware that this work is treated with great reverence (it was allegedly an inspiration for Star Wars after all!). I've got half way through this and am returning it. A triumph of over generalisation and reductionism ![]()
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