One of the most thorough examination of one of twentieth-century's most influential artist by the eminent French critic Pierre Restany."The aim of this book," Restany begins, "is to situate fire in Yv
Seven papers originally delivered at the annual Eranos conference in Ascona, Switzerland, August 1972, by Adolf Portmann, Gershom Scholem, Christopher Rowe, Dominique Zahan, Ernst Benz, Rene Huyghe, a
Michael Ortiz Hill looks closely into one hundred end-of-world dreams and uncovers the myths ruling our fears and hopes.In his foreword to this new edition, Ortiz Hill calls September 11, 2001 "t
Here an attempt is made to detect psychopathy in all its danger, but also in its tragedy. Guggenbuhl-Craig aims to help identify psychopaths, to protect themselves from them, and to understand their s
Adolf Guggenbühl-Craig exposes many of the hypocrisies and idiocies of conventional psychology by looking at the profession from a refreshing but somewhat paradoxical view. By taking the "wrong s
Passages from Bachelard's major works are introduced here in excerpts selected by Colette Gaudin, a professor of French literature at Dartmouth College and an authority on Bachelard.
Athene, the goddess who affects the fates of both women and men, unites the virginal father’s daughter and the encouraging mother of the spirit. Karl Kerenyi’s careful rendering of the many aspects of
