Table of Contents

Preface. Introduction. The Mammals: The Animals' Retreat from Fatherhood. The Sexuality of The Great Apes. The Prehistoric Horizon of the Father. The Paternal Revolution. Lucy Grows. Patriarchy and Matriarchy. The Historic Horizon of the Father. The Mythic Origins of the Father. Hector. Ulysses. The Myth of the Father as the Sole Progenitor. Aeneas. From the Roman Father, to the Son, to the French Revolution, from the French Revolution to the Industrial Revolution. The Disenchantment of War. The Reversal of the Public Father. The Voyage of the Joads. The Rarefaction of the Father. The Abdication of the Father. In Flight Toward the Past. The Abdication of the Father. In Flight Toward the Future. The Disappearance of Elevation. The Breadwinner. The Search for the Father. A Final Reflection.

About the Author

Luigi Zoja is an analytical psychologist in private practice in Milan who lectures internationally. He is former training analyst of the C. G. Jung Institut, Zurich, past president of CIPA (Centro Italiano di Psicologia Analitica) and former president of IAAP (International Association of Analytical Psychology). He has taught at the University of Insubria and at the University of Macao, and his previous books have been published in multiple languages.