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'Thank God I'm not a Jungian'.

Authors :
Shearer, Ann
Source :
Journal of Analytical Psychology. Jun2018, Vol. 63 Issue 3, p356-367. 12p.
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

This article focuses less on the content of Jung's ideas than on ways in which they act as both invitation and challenge to engage with psyche. It explores the mythic framework of Jung's approach and how this can enable individuals to live in psychological and mundane worlds in which there can be no final certainties. It elaborates three particular aspects of Jung's thinking that I have found personally valuable: his generosity of vision, his insistence that individuals engage for and with themselves rather than relying on someone else's ideas, and his ponderings on the relationship between the individual and the collective. All three aspects seem to be important elements of the work of individuation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00218774
Volume :
63
Issue :
3
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Journal of Analytical Psychology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
129573185
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5922.12416