Alderman Symptom, Symbol and the Other of Language

A Jungian interpretation of the linguistic turn
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-317-40589-4
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 162 Seiten

Reihe: Research in Analytical Psychology and Jungian Studies

This book offers an important exploration of linguistic reference and representation through a Jungian understanding of symptom and symbol, using techniques including amplification, dream interpretation, and symbolic attitude. Drawing upon Derrida, Foucault and Rorty, it examines the common belief that words and their meaning are grounded purely in language, instead envisioning a symptomatic expression of alienation and collective dissociation. Chapters consider arguments from ecopsychology, phenomenology, depth psychology and myth, and ask us to re-imagine some of the most sacrosanct concepts of semiotics and the linguistic turn, and question the deconstruction of key perennial truths.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alderman, Bret

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (S. Freud)
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (C.G. Jung)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Approach and Methods 3. Anatomical Bodies: Fleshing Out the Image of Linguistic Reference 4. Abandoned Earth, Abandoned Nature: Language Theory as Dream of Departure 5. Promethean Postmodernism: Stealing Fire from the God-Terms 6. Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

Bret Alderman graduated from the Pacifica Graduate Institute, USA, in 2013 with a PhD. in Depth Psychology. He currently works as a professional freelance translator and an instructional aide helping developmentally disabled children.