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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465632103321

Autore

Gray Frances <1949-, >

Titolo

Cartesian philosophy and the flesh : reflections on incarnation in analytical psychology / / Frances Gray

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hove, East Sussex : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-08012-2

1-299-27903-1

1-136-16532-0

Edizione

[1st dual ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

150.19/54

Soggetti

Jungian psychology

Mind and body

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Analytical psychologists read the philosophy of ReneĢ Descartes -- Spiritual exercises and Descartes' meditations -- Descartes and the making of distinctions -- Inner and outer troubles -- Jung and the phenomenological standpoint -- Flesh, reflection, and transcendence -- Flesh issues : elemental mattering.

Sommario/riassunto

How do you know anything is true? What relation is there between my psyche and your psyche, does one exist? Can we doubt everything or are some things indubitable? What does Jung have to say about body and psyche, body and mind?Cartesian Philosophy and the Flesh is an analysis and critique of interpretations of Cartesian philosophy in analytical psychology. It focuses on readings of Descartes that have important implications for understanding Jung, and analytical and existential psychology generally. Frances Gray's book raises questions about the 'place' of the body in a theor