A Jungian Understanding of Symbolic Function and Forms

The Dream Series
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-44802-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 148 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 390 g

The purpose of this book is to clarify the function of the symbol and its place at the juncture of psychoanalysis and other social sciences, where the singular and the collective intersect and whose laws are identical.

The debate between Freud and Jung about the symbol is well known; by examining the points of contradiction between their respective approaches, this book seeks to place them in fruitful tension, rather than categorical opposition and explore their similarities and differences. In later chapters, the author further analyses the function of the symbol in relation to the topics of myth, anthropology and dreams.

This thoughtful book will appeal to those interested and involved in analytical psychology and psychoanalysis, as well as psychiatrists and psychologists.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development and Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boukhabza, Dominique

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (C.G. Jung)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. The Freud-Jung debate on the symbol 2. The symbolic function and anthropology 3. Symbolic forms 4. The work of the letter Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Dominique Boukhabza is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. She has published: La lettre du rêve, un lecteur pour la psychose, erès/Arcanes, 2012, Le cas Jung, Aperçu sur la face psychotique du transfert, Anthropos Economica, 2017, and many articles. She is the president of the association Lien de la lettre.