Resumen:
Twins and the Double (Art and Imagination).Twins confront us with a mystery at once elusive and unavoidable. Facing the Other in the guise of twin or double, we sense a threat to our idea of personal identity, yet we are teased and delighted by the odd prospect of becoming "otherwise." Twins arouse our sense of awe, as they have in many societies around the world. John Lash brings together genetics, psychology, mythology and art to elucidate their fascinating lore and reveal the enigma of the dyadic principle common to modern and archaic intuition alike. |