The Odyssey is a general theory as to how mankind moved from the scarcity of primitive life to the present world of technological abundance.
It offers a specific view of psychological life that recurs in the institutional structures of religion, capitalism, and romanticism.
A similar theme emerges in the various configurations of the Western world starting with Odysseus on his way home to today's world of global outreach, a story like no other.
Trafford Publishing The odyssey of the western spirit: from scarcity to abundance (third edition), hardcover/jack meyer
