Psychological and Philosophical Studies of Jung's Teleology

The Future-Orientation of Mind
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-53624-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 374 g

Reihe: Philosophy and Psychoanalysis

This important new volume addresses an underappreciated dimension of Jung’s work, his concept of the teleology, or “future-orientation”, of psychic reality.

The work, authored by an international group of Jungian scholars, expands upon the socio-cultural, psychological, therapeutic, and philosophical import of this key pillar of the Jungian oeuvre, offering a compelling alternative to current, culturally dominant ideas about how change occurs. The book addresses varied aspects of his teleological thought generally, and its application to the psychotherapeutic endeavor specifically, engaging Freudian, neo-Freudian, and related theoretical orientations in an informed dialogue about the critical issue of the emergent unfolding of subjectivity in treatment.

This is an illuminating read for those interested in the study of Jungian theory, psychoanalysis, social psychology, religion, transpersonal psychology, indigenous wisdom traditions, and philosophical metapsychology.

Zielgruppe

Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Amundson, Garth

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Jung’s Teleology: Its Historical Origins and Place in His Theory 1. Coming into Being: Telos in Jung and Bion 2. On Truth, Reasonable Certainty, and God: Conviction as Revelatory Process in Peirce and Jung 3. Jung’s Call to Eros: a Personal Journey 4. The Ravenous Hydra and the Great Tree of Peace: The Teleology of Indigenous and European Civilizations 5. Archetype of the Machine 6. The Dance of Limit and Possibility

Über Autor(innen)

Garth Amundson is a clinical psychologist in practice in Chicago, Illinois, USA. His past publications include a study of the application of Jungian theory to adolescent psychotic states and the concordance of dimensions of American philosophical pragmatism with Jung’s ideas. This is his first edited volume.