Symbols in Structure and Function: Symbols in Culture, Art, and Myth

This is the third unit of three devoted to an explication of the structure and function of symbols. The following topics are covered.

Ch-1 SYMBOLS AND THE GROWTH OF SOCIETY
Ch-2 UNIVERSAL SYMBOLS
Ch-3 THE EVOLUTION OF THE SYMBOLS
OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND MYTHOLOGY
The Life and Death of a Myth
Ch-4 SYMBOLIC MORALISM
Ch-5 THE INFLUENCE OF MYTH ON THE NATURE
OF SYMBOLIC FORMS IN MANIFEST DREAMS
Ch-6 THE POWER IN THE SYMBOL
Ch-7 THOUGHT DISORDER, SYMBOLS, AND ART
De Chirico, Dadd, Tasso, Joyce
Ch-8 FEELINGS WORDS AND VISIONS:
Symbols and Personality
in the Paintings of Thomas Cole