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Title: In the end, it's just another fairy tale
Review: This book looked good, perhaps insightful, maybe even fascinating... until I got to the point where the guy started quoting Bruno Bettlehiem. While most people aren't going to be familiar with the name, Bettlehiem was an expert on folklore and mythology who tried to pass himself off as a reputable psychologist. He ruined the lives of millions of people by stating unequivocally, with nothing but a hunch and his collection of fairy-tails to back him up, that autism (a neurobiological condition present in-utero) was actually the result of bad mothering.It was then that I realized that maybe fairy tails, such as the fairy-tale of Iron John, can tell us something... but we shouldn't assume that just because something is old that it's Timeless Wisdom. This is especially true as the fairy tales and myths explored in this book are all the products of patriarchal cultures. Ultimately, although this book is "food for thought," I wouldn't consider it a complete meal.
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