A Jungian Analysis of Toxic Modern Society

Fighting the Culture of Loneliness
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-72133-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 438 g

Using evidence from anthropology, neuroscience, psychiatry, analytical psychology, and evolutionary biology, within this book Dr. Erik Goodwyn explores the current cultural psyche, and how elements of modern society are contributing to the current loneliness epidemic.

Despite tremendous advances in technology, developed countries are more anxious, depressed, suicidal, and addicted today than we were 100 years ago. Why? Research from many fields of study show that loneliness has become an epidemic in the industrialized world, causing very real medical consequences such as addiction, depression, anxiety, and suicide: all things which have been on the rise for decades. And yet, because of various historical, philosophical, and economic reasons, we do not nurture traditional cultural ways of satisfying these instincts. This book will explore the idea that stopping the rising misery will not only require socioeconomic changes, but will require a profound cultural change. Only then will we be able to stop the slow starvation of social belonging, archetypal narratives, rituals, spirituality, and images as vessels of meaning.

This will be an insightful read for depth psychologists and scholars of analytical psychology, as well as health care providers, therapists, sociologists, and those with an interest in cross-cultural studies.

Zielgruppe

Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goodwyn, Erik

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (C.G. Jung)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Can Culture Be Toxic? 2. The Social Instincts 3. Hyper-Individualism 4. Changes in Family Structure 5. Spirituality 6. Nature Deficiency 7. Education and Mass Media Effects 8. The Achievement-Based Value System 9. Modern Culture and Its Addictions 10. Intimations of a Cure 11. Tribalism—The Dose Makes the Poison 12. The Meaning-Making Organ 13. The Quest for Sustenance

Über Autor(innen)

Erik Goodwyn, MD, is Clinical Faculty with the Billings Clinic, part of the WWAMI University of Washington School of Medicine—Billings Montana affiliate, Department of Psychiatry and part of the adjunct faculty for both the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky. He has authored numerous publications in the field of consciousness studies, Jungian psychology, neuroscience, mythology, philosophy, anthropology, and the psychology of religion. www.erikgoodwyn.com