Thalassa

A Theory of Genitality

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Mental Health
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Author: Sandor Ferenczi ISBN: 9780429919954
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: June 4, 2018
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Sandor Ferenczi
ISBN: 9780429919954
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: June 4, 2018
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

This book expands the symbols of the phallus and vagina into cosmic symbols, not by reference to myths but by his interpretations of embryonic, physiological, psychological facts. It develops the view that the whole of life is determined by a tendency to return to the womb, equating the process of birth with the phylogenetic transition of animal life from water to land, and linking coitus to the idea of "thalassal regression": "the longing for the sea-life from which man emerged to primeval times".

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This book expands the symbols of the phallus and vagina into cosmic symbols, not by reference to myths but by his interpretations of embryonic, physiological, psychological facts. It develops the view that the whole of life is determined by a tendency to return to the womb, equating the process of birth with the phylogenetic transition of animal life from water to land, and linking coitus to the idea of "thalassal regression": "the longing for the sea-life from which man emerged to primeval times".

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