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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783970703321

Titolo

The cultural complex : contemporary Jungian perspectives on psyche and society / / edited by Thomas Singer and Samuel L Kimbles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hove, East Sussex ; ; New York : , : Brunner-Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-135-44486-2

1-135-44487-0

1-58391-913-9

1-280-07868-5

0-203-53688-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KimblesSamuel L

SingerThomas <1942->

Disciplina

302.3

Soggetti

Intergroup relations

Social conflict - Psychological aspects

Social psychology

Jungian psychology

Personality and culture

Psychoanalysis and culture

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

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The cultural complex in the psyche of the group; The cultural complex and archetypal defenses of the group spirit: Baby Zeus, Elian Gonzales, Constantine's Sword, and other holy wars (with special attention to ~the axis of evil~); Malinchismo: betraying one's own; A long weekend: Alice Springs, Central Australia; The foot-race for a prize; When a religious archetype becomes a cultural complex: Puritanism in America

Trauma and abuse: the development of a cultural complex in the history of Latin AmericaPostmodern consciousness in the novels of Haruki Murakami: an emerging cultural complex; Corruption: symptom of a cultural complex in Brazil?; What does it mean to be in ~The



West~? Psychotherapy as a cultural complex; ~Foreign~ insights into ~domestic~ healing practices; The cultural complex in the psyche of the group and the individual; Collective trauma and cultural complexes; Light the seven fires; seiz

Sommario/riassunto

Based on Jung's theory of complexes, this book offers a new perspective on conflicts between groups and cultures, demonstrating how the effects of cultural complexes can be felt in the behaviour of disenfranchised groups across the world.