Contemporary Jungian Analysis: Post-Jungian Perspectives from the Society of Analytical Psychology [Hardcover]

Ian Alister (Editor), Christopher Hauke (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 19, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0415141656 | ISBN-13: 978-0415141659

Essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary psychotherapy, Contemporary Jungian Analysis, written by members of the Society of Analytical Psychology in London, covers the key concepts of Jungian analysis and therapy as it is practised today. Each chapter brings together two essays by different authors to give different perspectives on themes which are of common interest to psychotherapists of all persuasions. Topics include:
* infancy
* gender
* transference
* popular culture
* assessment and pathology
* dreams and active imagination
* the training of the therapist
* religious and spiritual issues.

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This book is stylishly edited - the content arranged so that each subject of enquiry has two essay which address it from divergent viewpoints. - PRG Newsletter

Product Details

• Hardcover: 328 pages
• Publisher: Routledge (August 19, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415141656
• ISBN-13: 978-0415141659
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,431,911 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Frightening, July 29, 2005

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This review is from: Contemporary Jungian Analysis: Post-Jungian Perspectives from the Society of Analytical Psychology (Hardcover)

Though nearly 150 years old, modern psychiatry and psychology are, really, in their infancy. They'll scarcely grow much older if the occultism (using oracles), parapsychology, fringe thinking (UFOs? Why not crop circles?), and you-too-can-be-a-shaman marketing of Jungist analysis continues to entice people to spend small fortunes in years of discussion.

Intellectually, this volume fails to make even a minimally credible case that such a thing as 'post-jungian' theory exists, except as a compilation of 'anything goes' jargo-ridden discourses. Avoid it in favor of work that has at least some scientific substance--and which doesn't come with huge price tags of interpersonal dependencies.