ABSTRACT

Luigi Zoja views the origin and evolution of the father from a Jungian perspective. He argues that the father's role in bringing up children is a social construction that has been subject to change throughout history - and looks at the consequences of this, along with the crisis facing fatherhood today. The Father will be welcomed by people from a wide variety of disciplines, including practitioners and students of psychology, sociology and anthropology, and by the educated general reader.

chapter |16 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

PART I Prehistory

chapter 2|4 pages

The Sexuality of the Great Apes

chapter 3|6 pages

The Prehistoric Horizon of the Father

chapter 4|12 pages

The Paternal Revolution

chapter 5|12 pages

Lucy Grows

part |2 pages

PART 2 Myth and the classical age

chapter 6|12 pages

Patriarchy and Matriarchy

chapter 7|6 pages

The Historic Horizon of the Father

chapter 8|6 pages

The Mythic Origins of the Father

chapter 9|14 pages

Hector

chapter 10|16 pages

Ulysses

chapter 12|26 pages

Aeneas

part |2 pages

PART 3 Towards modern times and decadence

chapter 15|12 pages

The Disenchantment of War

chapter 16|12 pages

The Reversal of the Public Father

chapter 17|14 pages

The Voyage of the Joads

part |2 pages

PART 4 The father today

chapter 18|14 pages

The Rarefaction of the Father

chapter 21|12 pages

The Disappearance of Elevation

chapter 22|8 pages

The Breadwinner

chapter 23|10 pages

The Search for the Father

part |2 pages

PART 5 A final reflection

chapter 24|10 pages

A Final Reflection