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1 online resource (x, 91 pages) : illustrations |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Preface; Introduction; The archetypal experience then and now; Jung and Freud's stance on the foreign; Who is interested today?; My personal interest; Organisation; References; 1. Deconstructing the archetype of the foreigner; Introduction: the symbolism of the foreigner; Identity: the foreigner and the non-foreigner; The archetype; Erich Neumann and the Great Mother archetype; The archetype of the foreigner; The elementary character of the foreigner and the basic attitudes; The cook versus the crook |
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The power of the hero and the monsterLiminal figures; The foreigner and the spiritual; The victim or the persecutor; The perspective of the foreigner; An anecdote from my practice; Archetypal human needs; References; 2. The archetypal experience of meeting the foreigner and being one in early cultures, mythologies and literary texts; The prominence of the topic; The Hebrew Bible; The Christian Bible; Muslim teachings; Fairy tales; The foreigner as a religious leader; The foreigner as an adventurer; References; 3. Monster making/scapegoating: one way of dealing with the foreigner; Introduction |
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Wherefore monsters?The characteristics of monsters; The otherworldliness of monsters; The power of the extra ordinary; Ambivalent reactions to monsters; Creating monsters: an archetypal need?; Monsters and heroes: the development of consciousness; Monster making and scapegoating; More specifically ... anti-Semitism; New attitudes to monsters; Is scapegoating nevertheless somehow curable?; References; 4. Alienation in the modern world: feeling foreign; Alienation; Salafist terrorists; Albert Camus and Meursault; Franz Kafka and Gregor Samsa; A modern man and the flip side of the archetype |
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Thomas Mann and Tonio KrögerPictorial representations of alienation; The personal unconscious or reductive analysis; References; 5. The encounter with the foreigner in the psychotherapeutic context; Introduction; The foreigner within; Feeling foreign and discovering the foreigner within; Gerry's story; Lisabetha's life; The case of "nomen est omen"; The encounter with the numinous foreigner; And what about the analyst in the equation -- a foreigner?; The foreign analyst's perspective; References; Postscript; Index |
| Summary |
In this era of intense migration, the topic of the foreigner is of paramount importance. Joanne Wieland-Burston examines the question of the "foreign" and "foreigner" from multiple perspectives and explores how Jung and Freud were more interested in the wide phenomenon of the foreign in the unconscious rather than in their own personal lives. She analyses cultural approaches to the archetype of the foreigner throughout history using literary, cultural (as seen in mythological texts and fairy tales) and psychological references, and interprets the scapegoating of foreign minorities as a projection of the monster onto the foreigner. The book includes contemporary perspectives on immigration and displacement throughout, from analysing patient case material, the archetypal needs of people who join terrorist groups, feelings of alienation, and the work of Palestinian-German psychologist Ahmad Mansour. Throughout this personal and highly topical study, Wieland-Burston questions and studies C.G. Jung's own reflections on himself as a foreigner and her own personal experiences. This book will be vital reading for Jungian psychotherapists and analytical psychologists in practice and in training, as well as for academics and students of Jungian and post-Jungian studies, archetypal studies, identity politics, and courses examining the experiences of displaced persons, refugees, migrants and minority groups |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Joanne Wieland-Burston is an American-born Jungian analyst who studied in Zurich, Switzerland (1977-1981) and presently practises in Munich, Germany. She is a training analyst, supervisor and instructor at the International School for Analytical Psychology in Zurich and lectures internationally. Her background is in literature and art history |
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Self (Philosophy)
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Philosophical anthropology.
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Other minds (Theory of knowledge) in literature.
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Other (Philosophy) in literature.
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philosophical anthropology.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Health.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Movements -- Jungian.
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Other (Philosophy) in literature
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Other minds (Theory of knowledge) in literature
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Philosophical anthropology
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Self (Philosophy)
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429794698 |
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042979469X |
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9780429437656 |
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042943765X |
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9780429794674 |
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0429794673 |
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9780429794681 |
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0429794681 |
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