by Bruno Bettelheim · Critica · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788474236927
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In "The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales", Bruno Bettelheim explores the psychological and emotional significance of traditional fairy tales. Through in-depth analysis, the author reveals how these seemingly simple stories address universal themes such as personal growth, internal conflicts, and the search for identity. This book offers a fascinating perspective on the importance of fairy tales in child development and their ability to provide comfort, hope, and guidance on the path to maturity.
Bruno Bettelheim was an Austrian-born American psychologist, scholar, public intellectual and writer who spent most of his academic and clinical career in the United States. An early writer on autism, Bettelheim's work focused on the education of emotionally disturbed children, as well as Freudian psychology more generally. In the U.S., he later gained a position as professor at the University of Chicago and director of the Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School for Disturbed Children, and after 1973 taught at Stanford University.
