The Plural Turn in Jungian and Post-Jungian Studies: The Work of Andrew Samuels

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Cover Endorsement Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of contents Preface Introduction – Andrew Samuels: Plurality, politics and ‘the individual’ Structure of the book Notes Part I From the PhD theses Chapter 1 An enquiry into psychological aspects of recovery from dependence on psychoactive substances Methodology Still addicted after 25–30 years Quitting The first five years of abstinence Abstinence in the long term Therapeutic implications The isolation of addiction and the solitude of spirituality References Chapter 2 The tabloid Trickster: a post-Jungian evaluation of early twenty-first century popular British newspaper ... Media metamorphosis Recapitulation and recommendations Notes References Chapter 3 Laws of inheritance: An archetypal study of twins Introduction to ‘Historical development of the laws of inheritance as “twins”: matrilineal/Eros; patrilineal/Thanatos’ Anthropological evidence of the matrilineal line The development of inheritance rules and the changeover to patrilineal inheritance The psychological effects of disinheritance: the position of women as ‘other’ Conclusion Notes References Chapter 4 From emancipation to liberation: A neo-Jungian critique of Theodor Adorno Adorno and Freud: an overview Notes Bibliography Chapter 5 A spatial rapprochement between Jung’s technique of active imagination and Desoille’s Rêve éveillé dirigé The concept of interiority and its development in Western Europe Spatial metaphors on interiority in Jung’s and Desoille’s accounts of waking dreams Altitudo: on spatial vertical dialectics Interior wetsuits and interior spacesuits Jung’s precipitating depths and Desoille’s soaring heights Confronting the depths directly or facing them gradually? Conclusion Notes References Chapter 6 A critique of containing space in therapeutic work Introduction to ‘Critical analysis of the model of containing space’ Boundaries and borders Self-contained and autonomous identity Uncontained states of mind and defensiveness Notes References Chapter 7 Alchemy and individuation Introduction Alchemy Cosmology Jung’s alchemical sources Jung’s psychological interpretation of alchemy The very early years: 1896 to 1918 The midlife years: 1918 to 1935 Alchemy and psychotherapy The mature years: 1936 to 1944 Pragmatic logic The later years: 1945 to 1961 Mandala symbols and the self Alchemy and the collective unconscious Conclusion Discussion The historical accuracy of Jung’s picture of alchemy References Chapter 8 Pan stalks America: Contemporary American anxieties and cultural complex theory Introduction Relevance of Jung’s theories of complexes and the psychological functions of myth for cultural problems Jung’s complex theory Post-Jungian theory of cultural complexes America Columbine Nine eleven Rape in the military Archetypal motifs of the Greek god Pan References Chapter 9 Personal myth and analytical psychology Jung’s reception of Adler Adler as a point of triangulation Adler’s theory of fictions Jung’s adaptation of Adler’s ideas Conception of the personal myth Scope of the personal myth and wider life Personal myth, life course development, and the carrier of life Personal myth, authoring, and the golden threads of culture Summary References Chapter 10 On the spirit and the self: Chagall, Jung and religion Notes References Chapter 11 Marriage as a psychological relationship in China The Chinese notion of ‘integration’ The psychological notion of integrity Integrity in marriage Marriages as a relationship beyond gender difference A very Chinese dilemma? Is this only a Chinese dilemma? References Part II Andrew in 1000 words Mary Addenbrooke James Alan Anslow References Elizabeth Brodersen References Stefano Carpani Note Reference Laner Cassar References Martyna Chrzescijanska Clare Crellin Sukey Fontelieu Phil McCash References J.A. Swan Notes Bibliography Huan Wang Reference Stefano Carpani and Andrew Samuels in conversation Personal biography Intellectual biography The politics of Jungian studies: clinicians can’t think, academics can’t feel – towards the emergence of good-enough all-roun Professor Andrew Samuels (Society of Analytical Psychology, London) Your own personal contribution to analytical psychology and psychoanalysis The fascist among us / the fascist in us When the analyst’s attitude is problematic: untamed complexes and counter-transference in training analysis Psychoanalysis in the twenty-first century Notes References Part III Psychoanalysis in the 21st Century Stefano Carpani and Andrew Samuels in conversation Personal biography Intellectual biography The politics of Jungian studies: clinicians can’t think, academics can’t feel – towards the emergence of good- enough ... Professor Andrew Samuels (Society of Analytical Psychology, London) Your own personal contribution to analytical psychology and psychoanalysis The fascist among us / the fascist in us When the analyst’s attitude is problematic: untamed complexes and counter-transference in training analysis Psychoanalysis in the twenty-first century Notes References Contributors Index