The Spectre of the Other in Jungian Psychoanalysis

This volume explores Jung's theories in relation to the concept of Other and in conjunction with the lived experience of it, while examining current events and cultural phenomena through the lens of Jungian and post-Jungian psychology, sociology, literature, film and philosophy.

Winner of the IAJS Book Award 2023 for 'Best Edited Book'

Winner of the 2023 Gradiva Award for 'Best Edited Book'

This volume explores Jung's theories in relation to the concept of Other and in conjunction with the lived experience of it, while examining current events and cultural phenomena through the lens of Jungian and post-Jungian psychology, sociology, literature, film and philosophy.

The contributors examine global expressions of these various viewpoints, disciplines and life experiences and how cultural, political and sociological complexes evoke challenges as well as invitations to the idea of the Other from intersecting and convergent perspectives.

The Spectre of the Other in Jungian Psychoanalysis is timely and important reading for Jungian and post-Jungian analysts, therapists, academics, students and creatives.

Autorentext

Marybeth Carter is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Southern California and a member of the C. G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles. She serves on the board of directors of the International Association for Jungian Studies.

Stephen Anthony Farah is the co-founder and head of learning at The Centre for Applied Jungian Studies based in Cape Town, South Africa. He serves as co-chair of the International Association for Jungian Studies.

Klappentext

This volume explores Jung's theories in relation to the concept of Other and in conjunction with the lived experience of it, while examining current events and cultural phenomena through the lens of Jungian and post-Jungian psychology, sociology, literature, film and philosophy. The contributors examine global expressions of these various viewpoints, disciplines and life experiences and how cultural, political and sociological complexes evoke challenges as well as invitations to the idea of the Other from intersecting and convergent perspectives. The Spectre of the Other in Jungian Psychoanalysis is timely and important reading for Jungian and post-Jungian analysts, therapists, academics, students and creatives.

Zusammenfassung

Winner of the IAJS Book Award 2023 for Best Edited Book

This volume explores Jung's theories in relation to the concept of Other and in conjunction with the lived experience of it, while examining current events and cultural phenomena through the lens of Jungian and post-Jungian psychology, sociology, literature, film and philosophy.

The contributors examine global expressions of these various viewpoints, disciplines and life experiences and how cultural, political and sociological complexes evoke challenges as well as invitations to the idea of the Other from intersecting and convergent perspectives.

The Spectre of the Other in Jungian Psychoanalysis is timely and important reading for Jungian and post-Jungian analysts, therapists, academics, students and creatives.

Inhalt

Editor's Preface Foreword: Jung and the Other in Historical and Theoretical Perspectives Introduction: Sinking Like a Stone: Activism, Analysis and the Role of the Academy Part I: The Transpersonal Other: Dreams, Ancestors and the Psyche 1. Jung's Fantasies of Africa and the Individuation Process, and Africa's Healing of Analytical Psychology 2. The Spectre and Its Movement: The Dynamic of Intra- and Transgenerational Influence 3. Satan's Mouth or Font of Magic: What Is It About the Anus? 4. My Kinky Shadow: The Poetics of the Sadomasochistic Other 5. The White Lion as Symbol of the Archetype of the Self and the Cannibalization of the Self in Canned Hunting Part II: Sociopolitical Lives of Otherness: Pain & Possibility 6. In Remembrance and Celebration of Other 7. Encountering the Other: The White Shadow 8. Sitting on the Impossible Bench: Reflections on the Bridge between Social and Analytic Justice 9. Jung's Others: Society, Nationalism and Crowds 10. Picturing the Sámi and Participation Mystique Part III: The Mythopoetic Other through Film, Art and Literature 11. On Being an Other 12. The Freak: In Search of Jung's Second Personality 13. ONE PIECE: Diversity and Borderlessness 14. What Is It about The Singing Ringing Tree?