Psychology as the Discipline of Interiority: "The Psychological Difference" in the Work of Wolfgang Giegerich

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Psychology as the Discipline of Interiority is the first collection of essays dedicated to the study and application of Psychology as the Discipline of Interiority―a new ‘wave’ within Analytical Psychology which pushes off from the work of C. G. Jung and James Hillman. The book reflects upon the notion of psychology developed by German psychoanalyst Wolfgang Giegerich, whose Hegelian turn sheds light on the notion of soul, or psyche, and its inner logic and ‘thought’, forming a radical new basis from which to ground a modern psychology with soul. The book’s theme - ‘the psychological difference’ - is applied to topics including analytical theory, clinical practice, and contemporary issues, ranging from C. G. Jung’s Mysterium, to case studies, to the nuclear bomb and the Shoah. Psychology as the Discipline of Interiority expounds upon the complexity, depth, and innovativeness of Giegerich’s thought, reflecting the various ways in which international scholars have creatively explored a speculative psychology founded upon the notion of soul. The contributors here include clinical psychologists, Jungian analysts, and international scholars. With a new chapter by Wolfgang Giegerich and a foreword by David Miller, Psychology as the Discipline of Interiority will be essential reading for depth and clinical psychologists, Jungian psychoanalysts in practice and in training, and academics and students of post-Jungian studies. It is also relevant reading for all those interested in the history of philosophical thought and what it means to think in the highly sophisticated and technological world of the twenty-first century. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Acknowledgements Sources and abbreviations List of contributors Foreword: “The psychological difference” Preface Introduction An introduction, negated. Psychology Discipline Interiority Part I: “The psychological difference” in theory Part II: “The psychological difference” in contemporary life PART I: “The psychological difference” in theory 1. “Geist” or: What gives Jungian psychology its absolute uniqueness and is the source of its true life 1 Difference 2 “Numinous meaning” 3 “Geistigkeit” 4 No ruling dominants. Only: “when the time is fulfilled” 5 Departedness 2. “The psychological difference” in Jung’s Mysterium Coniunctionis Introduction Giegerich’s view of alchemy and “the psychological difference” The Conjunction The problem of the third Jungian psychology and the end of alchemy Continuing the negation Conclusion 3. Jung’s substantial denial of “the psychological difference” Introduction Jung’s double disunion with himself “Crossing the river” and “reaching over” as a therapeutic destination Jung’s substantial denial of the psychological difference The burial of the mythological world Conclusion: moving Jungian psychology forward here now 4. Interiorizing an underlined sentence into itself: Some reflections on being “only that!” Introduction Speculative underlining Meditative reading Our sentence and its context The empiricism/speculation difference On being “only that!” Psychology as the afterlife of its topics and subject matters Interiorizing the “here” and “hereafter” difference into itself Back to my mantra Closing reflections 5. Image as picture, image as debris Introduction Image as picture Image as picturing Image as debris 6. A note on “soul”, “man”, anthropology and psychology PART II: “The psychological difference” in contemporary life and practice 7. A little light Introduction Dream ego Layard’s Rule Layard’s Rule as applied to Jung’s “little light” A reflection on the little light Interiorizing the dream into itself: the ego’s sublation The little light in contemporary life Conclusion 8. The logic of forgiveness Introduction The relevance of forgiveness to psychology in contemporary life The contradiction of forgiveness Neurotic forgiveness Psychological forgiveness Interiorizing forgiveness into itself The logic of love Conclusion 9. Reflections on a case study of neurosis Introduction Adler’s view of neurosis Giegerich’s view of neurosis The patient The presenting symptom The turning point of the treatment Adler’s analysis of the neurotic symptom Analyzing Elizabeth’s symptoms from the standpoint of interiority Elizabeth’s acute anxiety in England The significance of Elizabeth’s cure Conclusion 10. The nuclear bomb re-visited through the eyes of the Shoah Introduction Giegerich’s interpretation of the nuclear bomb The Shoah and the exploded bomb The Shoah as an expression of the neurotic soul The dissociative nature of neurosis in the Shoah The “Absolute” of neurosis in the Shoah The nuclear bomb as neurotic Revisiting the imaginal interpretation of the bomb Conclusion 11. “One small step for a man…”: The moon landing and “the psychological difference” Archaic “technology” and soul making From spear to rocket Touching down on the moon: one small step, one giant leap 12. This loss is not an interlude: Entering the radical ecopsychology project Introduction The psychological method A brief prehistory of ecopsychology Radical ecopsychology The death of nature and the birth of psychology The neurosis of ecopsychology Conclusion Afterword: “…bringing them the plague” 2.0 Index