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This collection offers a diverse range of perspectives that seek to
find meaning in madness. Mainstream biomedical approaches tend to
interpret experiences commonly labelled "psychotic" as being
indicative of a biological illness that can best be ameliorated
with prescription drugs. In seeking to counter this perspective,
psychosocial outlooks commonly focus on the role of trauma and
environmental stress. Although an appreciation for the role of
trauma has been critical in expanding the ways in which we view
madness, an emphasis of this kind may nevertheless continue to
perpetuate a subtle form of reductivism-madness continues to be
understood as the product of a deficit. In seeking to move beyond
causal-reductivism, this book explores a variety of perspectives on
the question of finding inherent meaning in madness and extreme
states. Contributors to this book are distinguished writers and
researchers from a variety of international and interdisciplinary
perspectives. Topics span the fields of depth psychology and
psychoanalysis, creativity, Indigenous and postcolonial approaches,
neurodiversity, mad studies, and mysticism and spirituality. This
collection will be of interest to mental health professionals,
students and scholars of the humanities and social sciences, and
people with lived experience of madness and extreme states. Readers
will come away with an appreciation of the more generative aspects
of madness, and a recognition that these experiences may be
important for both personal and collective healing.
Since the split between Freud and Jung, psychoanalysis and
analytical psychology have largely developed in an atmosphere of
mutual disregard. Only in recent years have both discourses shown
signs of an increasing willingness to engage. Re-Encountering Jung:
Analytical Psychology and Contemporary Psychoanalysis is the first
edited volume devoted to a reconciliation between these two fields.
The contributors explore how Jungian thinking influences,
challenges, and is challenged by recent developments in the
psychoanalytic mainstream. In examining the nature of the split,
figures from both sides of the conversation seek to establish lines
of contrast and commonality so as to reflect an underlying belief
in the value of reciprocal engagement. Each of the chapters in this
collection engages the relationship between Jungian and
psychoanalytic thinking with the intention of showing how both
lines of discourse might have something to gain from attending more
to the voice of the other. While several of the contributing
authors offer new perceptions on historical concerns, the main
thrust of the collection is in exploring contemporary debates.
Re-Encountering Jung reflects a unique undertaking to address one
of the longest-standing and most significant rifts in the history
of depth psychology. It will be of great interest to all academics,
students and clinicians working within the fields of psychoanalysis
and analytical psychology.
This collection offers a diverse range of perspectives that seek to
find meaning in madness. Mainstream biomedical approaches tend to
interpret experiences commonly labelled "psychotic" as being
indicative of a biological illness that can best be ameliorated
with prescription drugs. In seeking to counter this perspective,
psychosocial outlooks commonly focus on the role of trauma and
environmental stress. Although an appreciation for the role of
trauma has been critical in expanding the ways in which we view
madness, an emphasis of this kind may nevertheless continue to
perpetuate a subtle form of reductivism-madness continues to be
understood as the product of a deficit. In seeking to move beyond
causal-reductivism, this book explores a variety of perspectives on
the question of finding inherent meaning in madness and extreme
states. Contributors to this book are distinguished writers and
researchers from a variety of international and interdisciplinary
perspectives. Topics span the fields of depth psychology and
psychoanalysis, creativity, Indigenous and postcolonial approaches,
neurodiversity, mad studies, and mysticism and spirituality. This
collection will be of interest to mental health professionals,
students and scholars of the humanities and social sciences, and
people with lived experience of madness and extreme states. Readers
will come away with an appreciation of the more generative aspects
of madness, and a recognition that these experiences may be
important for both personal and collective healing.
Since the split between Freud and Jung, psychoanalysis and
analytical psychology have largely developed in an atmosphere of
mutual disregard. Only in recent years have both discourses shown
signs of an increasing willingness to engage. Re-Encountering Jung:
Analytical Psychology and Contemporary Psychoanalysis is the first
edited volume devoted to a reconciliation between these two fields.
The contributors explore how Jungian thinking influences,
challenges, and is challenged by recent developments in the
psychoanalytic mainstream. In examining the nature of the split,
figures from both sides of the conversation seek to establish lines
of contrast and commonality so as to reflect an underlying belief
in the value of reciprocal engagement. Each of the chapters in this
collection engages the relationship between Jungian and
psychoanalytic thinking with the intention of showing how both
lines of discourse might have something to gain from attending more
to the voice of the other. While several of the contributing
authors offer new perceptions on historical concerns, the main
thrust of the collection is in exploring contemporary debates.
Re-Encountering Jung reflects a unique undertaking to address one
of the longest-standing and most significant rifts in the history
of depth psychology. It will be of great interest to all academics,
students and clinicians working within the fields of psychoanalysis
and analytical psychology.
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