The Greeks and the irrational
"In this philosophy classic, which was first published in 1951, E.R. Dodds takes on the traditional view of Greek culture as a triumph of rationalism. Using the analytical tools of modern anthropology and psychology, Dodds asks, "Why should we attribute to the ancient Greeks an immunity from 'primitive' modes of thought which we do not find in any society open to our direct observation?" Praised by reviewers as "an event in modern Greek scholarship" and "a book which it would be difficult to over-praise," The Greeks and the Irrational was Volume 25 of the Sather Classical Lectures series."--GoogleBooks
Print Book, English, 1951
University of California Press, Berkeley, 1951
Sather classical lectures, v. 25
History
ix, 327 pages 24 cm
9780520003279, 0520003276
2746538
Agamemmnon's apology
From shame-culture to guilt-culture
The blessings of madness
Dream-pattern and culture-pattern
The Greek shamans and the origin of puritanism
Rationalism and reaction in the classical age
Plato, the irrational soul, and the inherited conglomerate
The fear of freedom
Maenadism
Theurgy
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