1869, Ep. 101 with Joel Christensen, author of The Many-Minded Man

1869, the Cornell University Press Podcast

English - February 12, 2021 13:40 - 23 minutes - 53.9 MB - ★★★★ - 4 ratings
Society & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Previous Episode: 1869, Ep. 100 with Cornell University Press Director Jane Bunker

Next Episode: 1869, Ep. 102 with Danielle Lupton, author of Reputation for Resolve

Transcript available here: https://otter.ai/u/jDoXAS9ny6QwgxOJbux8wyT5_A8

This episode, we speak with Joel Christensen, author of The Many-Minded Man: The "Odyssey," Psychology, and the Therapy of Epic - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501752346/the-many-minded-man/

Joel P. Christensen is Associate Professor and Chair of Classical Studies at Brandeis University. He is coauthor of A Beginner's Guide to Homer and Homer's Thebes. Follow him on Twitter @sentantiq.

We spoke to Joel about how the Greek epic tradition was not based on the written word, but on large-scale performances in which ancient audiences experienced the stories as a way to think about their own lives, how the Odyssey in particular offered audience a form of folk psychology, and what modern cognitive psychology can learn from Homer.

If you’d like to purchase his new book, use the promo code 09POD to save 30 percent on our website which is cornellpress.cornell.edu. If you live in the UK use the discount code CSANNOUNCE and visit the website combinedacademic.co.uk.