Thoughts on being Jewish: Pan's Labyrinth, Bruno Bettelheim, Uses of Enchantment

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Pan's Labyrinth, Bruno Bettelheim, Uses of Enchantment

I was thinking about Bruno Bettelheim's seminal work; Uses of Enchantment (about children's intrinsic need for fantasy) while watching a movie called Pan's Labyrinth last night. Set in 1944 Fascist Spain, the movie was centered on a 10 year old girl, Ofelia, whose father had been killed in the war... Sign in to see full entry.

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