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Star Wars and the Hero’s Journey: Exploring Joseph Campbell’s Insights on the Importance of Myth
Published 10 years, 3 months ago
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In honor of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” Eric and cohost Jenny Fuller discuss how Star Wars (and many other movies) follows an ancient story that mythologist Joseph Campbell called the “Heros’ Journey.” Campbell came to believe that humanity needs this tale of an unlikely hero as much as we need air and water to […]