by Joseph Campbell · Fondo de Cultura Económica de España, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9786071620132
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Joseph Campbell's 'The Hero with a Thousand Faces: Psychoanalysis of Myth,' published by Fondo de Cultura Económica, explores the common structure of myths across various cultures and eras. Campbell argues that these myths reflect universal psychological archetypes and narrative patterns that resonate in the human psyche. This analysis offers a profound perspective on the function of myths in society and their relevance to understanding the human experience.
Joseph John Campbell was an American writer and the husband of Jean Erdman. He was a professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College who worked in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work covers many aspects of the human condition. Campbell's best-known work is his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949), in which he discusses his theory of the journey of the archetypal hero shared by world mythologies, termed the monomyth.
