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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779739603321

Autore

Tacey David J (David John), <1953-, >

Titolo

The darkening spirit : Jung, spirituality, religion / / David Tacey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hove ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-93392-8

0-415-52703-1

0-203-54622-9

1-135-93385-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

200.1/9

Soggetti

Psychoanalysis and religion

Jungian psychology

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

Cover; The Darkening Spirit; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The darkening spirit; 1 The degraded spirit in secular society; 2 Jung's advocacy of spiritual experience; 3 Jung and the prophetic life; 4 Jung's ambivalence toward religion; 5 Spiritual renewal from below; 6 The integration of the dark side; 7 The return of soul to the world: Jung and Hillman; 8 The problem of the spiritual in the reception of Jung; Conclusion: Jung's contribution to a new religious vision; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<P>The twenty-first century could well be Jung's century, just as the twentieth century was Freud's. Jung predicted the demise of secular humanism and claimed we would search for alternatives to science, atheism and reason. We would experience a new and even unfashionable appetite for the sacred. Educated people, however, would not return to unreconstructed religions, because these do not express the life of the spirit as discerned by modern consciousness. The sacred has developed a darker hue, and worshipping symbols of light and goodness no longer satisfies the longings of the soul. The new