Animus, Psyche and Culture

Animus, Psyche and Culture takes Carl Jung's concept of contra-sexual psyche and locates it within the cultural expanse of India, using ethnographic narratives, history, religion, myth, films, biographical extracts to deliberate on the feminine in psychological, social and archetypal realms.

Autorentext

Sulagna Sengupta is a Jungian scholar and cultural historian based in Bangalore, India. She is the author of Jung in India (2013) and other writings. Her website is www.Jung-India.org

Klappentext

Animus, Psyche and Culture takes Carl Jung's concept of contra-sexual psyche and locates it within the cultural expanse of India, using ethnographic narratives, history, religion, myth, films, biographical extracts to deliberate on the feminine in psychological, social and archetypal realms.

Inhalt

List of Figures List of Tables Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Animus 3. Phoolan 4. The Clay Goddess 5. Synchronicity 6. Mater Coelestis 7. Conclusion Notes Index