Jung and Levinas An Ethics of Mediation |
|
Author:
| Gray, Frances |
Series title: | Research in Analytical Psychology and Jungian Studies |
ISBN: | 978-1-135-06853-0 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2015 |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
|
Imprint: | Routledge |
Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $62.95USD $235.00USD $235.00 |
Book Description:
|
This book brings C.G. Jung and his successors in type theory into conversation with the French philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. It takes a radical view of post-modernist theory which, the author argues, is relentlessly introverted. A turn to the face of the other signals the disruption of the introversion endemic to Western culture at the moment; this is both a moral and an existential turn. A conception of mediation as transformative, and thus therapeutic, practice requires a...
More Description
This book brings C.G. Jung and his successors in type theory into conversation with the French philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. It takes a radical view of post-modernist theory which, the author argues, is relentlessly introverted. A turn to the face of the other signals the disruption of the introversion endemic to Western culture at the moment; this is both a moral and an existential turn. A conception of mediation as transformative, and thus therapeutic, practice requires a recognition of psychic worlds beyond our own and a considered, skilled extraverted turn that simultaneously engages different psychic functions and the potential for transformation of relationship and self.