The Other Side of Jungian Psychoanalysis

ABSTRACT

This review discusses The Spectre of the Other in Jungian Psychoanalysis: Political, Psychological and Sociological Perspectives, edited by Marybeth Carter and Stephen Anthony Farah. The book highlights the paradoxical nature of otherness, a natural part of consciousness development and individuation, that can also lead to negativity and violence when projected onto others. The book is divided into three parts, each examining different dimensions of otherness, including the transpersonal, sociopolitical, and mythopoetic aspects. The authors draw on various perspectives, such as post-colonial ideas, dreams, film, and literature, to enhance our understanding of the Jungian corpus and its relation to political and social reality. The review discusses the book’s unique approach to exploring the concept of the Other in the context of political, social, cultural, and mythopoetic dimensions.

KEY WORDS:

• Africa
• archetype
• cinema
• culture
• Jungian psychoanalysis
• literature
• mythopoetic nature
• Other
• social reality
• sociopolitical aspects
• transpersonal perspective

NOTE

References to The Collected Works of C. G. Jung are cited in the text as CW, volume number, and paragraph number. The Collected Works are published in English by Routledge (UK) and Princeton University Press (USA).

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Vineet Gairola

VINEET GAIROLA, DCMH, is a PhD candidate in psychology at the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, where his research focuses on ritual practices and processional worship/journeys of devī-devtās (Hindu deities) in India’s Garhwal Himalayas. His research interests focus on cultural psychology, the link between Jung and India, music psychology, psychological perspectives from India, and the correspondence between spirituality, psychopathology, and analytical psychology. He is the winner of the Student Diversity Award 2023 from APA (Division 29); APS Student Grant 2023 from the Association for Psychological Science (APS), USA; the Emerging Scholar Award 2023 from the Religion in Society Research Network, USA; the Excellence in Research Award 2022 by IIT Hyderabad; the Stephen Mitchell Award given by APA (Division 39); the Psychoanalytic Research Exceptional Contribution Award by the International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA); the Student Research Award from APA (Division 36); and the Asian Student Membership Scholarship from the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies (ANHS), USA. Correspondence: [email protected].