ABSTRACT Jungian analyst Henry Abramovitch’s book is a set of meditative essays that seeks to explain the most mysterious moments in the lives of the cultural heroes mentioned in the book’s title. Each chapter begins with the word Why? and addresses a riddle in the subject’s biography. The riddle is partially answered by examining the psychological formation, traumas, transformative insights, and memories that we know about this person’s life and his or her mind. A wide-angle anthropological and comparative perspective is always in evidence, along with the strong impact of Jungian theory.

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关于问“为什么？”

摘要 荣格分析家亨利·阿布拉莫维奇（Henry Abramovitch）的书是一套沉思的散文，旨在解释书名中提到的文化英雄生活中最神秘的时刻。每章都以“为什么”一词开头？并解决了主题传记中的一个谜语。通过检查我们对这个人的生活和他或她的思想的心理形成、创伤、变革性见解和记忆，这个谜语得到了部分解答。广角的人类学和比较视角，伴随着荣格理论的强大影响，总是很明显。