Laws of Inheritance

Instilled in interdisciplinary cross-cultural perspectives of mythical, socio-economic, literary, pedagogic and psychoanalytic representations, two archetypal, creative inheritance laws interact as 'twins': Eros (fusion/containment/safety) and Thanatos (division/separation/risk). Hypothesising these 'twin' laws as matrilineal (Eros) and patrilineal (Thanatos), this book explores why cross-cultural forms, including gender traits, are not fixed but are instead influenced by earlier flexible matrilineal forms.

Autorentext

Elizabeth Brodersen is a Jungian Analyst in private practice in Frankfurt, Germany. Elizabeth received her doctorate in psychoanalytic studies from Essex University, UK, and is an accredited training analyst and Lecturer at C.G. Jung Institute, Zürich, Switzerland.

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. The 'First' and the 'Other' as 'Twins' in Creation Myths 3. Historical Background to the Laws of Inheritance as 'Twins': Matrilineal/Eros; Patrilineal/Thanatos 4. Literary Representation of 'Twins' 5. Twin Research: Social and cultural developmental structures within the 'other' 6. Laws of Inheritance as Archetypal 'Twins' within Educational Systems using Britain and Germany as Cross-cultural References 7. 'Twins' (Eros/Matrilineal; Thanatos/Patrilineal) in the Analytical Framework 8. Conclusion