The Cultural Complex: Contemporary Jungian Perspectives on Psyche and Society
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How do cultural complexes affect the collective psyche?
Based on Jung's theory of complexes, this book offers a new perspective on the psychological nature of conflicts between groups and cultures by introducing the concept of the cultural complex. This modern version of Jung's idea offers an original view of the forces that prevent human attempts to bring a peaceful, collaborative spirit to conflict between groups. Leading analysts and academics from a range of cultural backgrounds present their own perspective on the concept, demonstrating how the effects of cultural complexes can be felt in the behaviour of disenfranchised, oppressed and traumatised groups across the world. Ultimately, a clearer understanding of the source and nature of group conflict is reached through discussion of central subjects including: * Collective trauma and cultural complexes* Exploring racism: a clinical example of a cultural complex
* Cultural complexes in the history of Jung, Freud and their followers. The Cultural Complex represents a valuable contribution to analytical psychology and will undoubtedly also stimulate dialogue in the fields of sociology, political science and cultural studies.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1583919147
ISBN13:9781583919149
Release Date:July 2004
Publisher:Routledge
Length:296 Pages
Weight:1.08 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"
Age Range:8 to 12 years
Grade Range:Grades 3 to 7
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a big step forward
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Jungian psychology has tended to analyze the individual in terms of complexes and society in terms of archetypes. This anthology introduces the idea of the cultural complex: a psychic pattern that can promote group identity but, when operating unconsciously, can seize entire populations with irrational impulses, stereotypical behavior, and dangerous forms of acting out. One has only to think about the hysterical and authoritarian reactions to 9/11 in America to see a cultural complex at work. A strength of this anthology is that it includes contributors from around the world, each applying cultural complex theory to actual examples drawn from immediate experience. Singer and Kimbles have bridged a huge gap in the depth psychological approach to understanding and dealing with collective trauma.
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