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- Title
The Myth of Narcissus: Ovid and the Problem of Subjectivity in Psychology.
- Authors
TOMKINS, LEAH
- Abstract
This article discusses an engagement between the worlds of classical poetry and contemporary empirical psychology. What starts with a return to a classical text through the lens of psychology turns into a review of psychology through the lens of the Classics, inspiring some fresh ideas about subjectivity and how to handle it in psychological research. The question of subjectivity is, of course, a key one for the humanities, because the personhood of the reader, the interpreter, or the researcher exerts a vital influence on the way in which any text is read and its meaning extracted.
- Subjects
NARCISSUS (Greek mythology); SUBJECTIVITY; CLASSICAL poetry; PSYCHOLOGICAL research; PSYCHOANALYSIS &; the humanities
- Publication
Greece & Rome, 2011, Vol 58, Issue 2, p224
- ISSN
0017-3835
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0017383511000131