The Spectre of the Other in Jungian Psychoanalysis

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'The Spectre of the Other in Jungian Psychoanalysis could not be timelier nor more important. This superb collection of new research dissects Jung's eurocentrism, diagnoses his racism and repositions his psychoanalysis as uniquely poised to bring transdisciplinary illumination to the Other in a twenty-first century of multiple crises. Drawing on indigenous, artistic, historical and psychological perspectives, The Spectre of the Other is an international volume extending clinical research into the collective. It thereby reinvigorates Jungian studies by enlarging the scope of the field. No serious scholar of psychology and othering can afford to miss it.'

Susan Rowland, author of Jungian Arts-based Research and the Nuclear Enchantment of New Mexico (2021)

'This bold volume gives flesh and blood specificity to the notion of the Other, a term which can easily feel like an all-purpose nostrum when applied indiscriminately. The insightful contributors to this finely differentiated book enable us to explore the Other as it appears in the creative arts, sociology, psychology and even the ultimate Other, the anus.'

Thomas Singer, editor of the award-winning Cultural Complexes and The Soul of America

'Open this marvellous book to any page, and you will discover another facet of that protean notion of the Other that you likely have not considered before. These chapters evoke the cultural complexes emergent from contributors from seven countries encompassing intrapsychic, sociocultural, historical and archetypal dimensions. The essential paradox of the Other, in eternal syzygy with the Self, is revealed as both the sine qua non of consciousness and unconscious shadow laden with destructive potential - and as that third which unites these seeming opposites. Illuminating, erudite and crucially relevant to our times, this book is a rich feast for mind, heart and soul.'

Frances Hatfield, senior training analyst at the C. G. Jung Institutes of San Francisco and Santa Fe, poetry editor of Jung Journal: Culture and Psyche, and author of Rudiments of Flight

'This ground-breaking collection of essays - expertly curated by Marybeth Carter and Stephen Farah - captures the archetypal valence of the pressing struggles and conflicts faced by humanity in the 21st century. No stone is left unturned, as the authors fearlessly tackle wide-ranging topics, detailing how alterity is constellated and expressed by the psyche. The key question readers are forced to ask is: what do we do when we are conscious of how processes of othering materialise? In this regard, The Spectre of the Other in Jungian Psychoanalysis: Political, Psychological and Sociological Perspectives practices what it preaches; it marks a paradigmatic shift in Jungian and post-Jungian studies. While the book explores topics and presents methods that are second nature to the field, it also unapologetically confronts, in equal measure, the very issues that have been ignored and banished to the fringes. By making that which is unconscious, conscious, the book's ethos is completely aligned with the topic with which it so skilfully engages. Stated another way, this collection will stand the test of time, not only because of its vision and intersectional spirit, but also because it captures where our field has been and points to where it is going - indeed, where it needs to go.'

Kevin Lu, PhD, Head of Department, Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex

'This important and innovative collection of chapters inspired by the IAJS international conference held in Cape Town covers a wide range of in-depth perspectives that creatively examine the ever-prescient phenomenology of the Other through three parts: the Transpersonal Other; the Socio-Political Lives of Otherness and the Mythopoetic Other as explored through Film, Art and Literature. Each chapter, written by talented and experienced Jungian analysts, psychotherapists and academics, explores fresh perspectives on the theme of otherness, particularly during times of global crises where blame and scapegoating the Other becomes increasingly visible and open to complex, interdisciplinary and international scrutiny. '

Dr. Phil. Elizabeth Brodersen, accredited training analyst, supervisor and member of the research commission of the C.G. Jung Institute, Kuesnacht, Zuerich