Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief — Season 1, Episode 4: Marionettes and Individuals (Part 3)

Episode synopsis

In this lecture, I conclude my analysis of the Disney film Pinocchio, which I conducted to illustrate how archetypal/mythological themes permeate popular culture.

About Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief

This lecture series lays bare the grammar of mythology, and describes the relevance of that grammar for interpretation of narrative and religion, comprehension of ideological identification and understanding of individual choice.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Context and Background
• E2Marionettes and Individuals (Part 1)
• E3Marionettes and Individuals (Part 2)
• E5Story and Metastory (Part 1)
• E6Story and Metastory (Part 2)
• E7Images of Story and Metastory
• E8Neuropsychology of Symbolic Representation
• E9Patterns of Symbolic Representation
• E10Genesis and the Buddha
• E11The Flood and the Tower
• E12Final: The Divinity of the Individual