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Violence in history, culture, and the psyche : essays

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: (Analytical psychology and contemporary culture)New Orleans, LA Spring Journal Books c2009Description: xii, 172p.; bibliog. notes; indexContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781882670505
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Contents:
1 Violent hearts: America's divided soul. 2 Trauma and abuse: the development of a cultural complex in the history of Latin America. 3 The duel and honor. 4 Nightmares. 5 Reductivism: against Ismene. 6 The clash of civilizations? a struggle between identity and functionalism. 7 Almachius and the demon: mass entertainment and violence-as-spectacle. Afterword: Zoja among others: between the ego and a hard place - John Peck
Abstract: 'James Hilman dubs Luigi Zoja of Milan an "anthropological psychologist" with good reason. While Zoja's basic approach is that of an analytical psychologist, he also avails himself of the insights of sociology, anthropology, archaeology, philosophy, and a host of other disciplines. This breadth of vision that he brings to bear on contemporary social issues, and in particular on the horrific violence that plagues modern society, makes this collection of essays an invaluable contribution to Jungian thought on the subject....'
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Translated by John Peck and Victor-Pierre Stirnimann.. Afterword by John Peck.

1 Violent hearts: America's divided soul. 2 Trauma and abuse: the development of a cultural complex in the history of Latin America. 3 The duel and honor. 4 Nightmares. 5 Reductivism: against Ismene. 6 The clash of civilizations? a struggle between identity and functionalism. 7 Almachius and the demon: mass entertainment and violence-as-spectacle. Afterword: Zoja among others: between the ego and a hard place - John Peck

'James Hilman dubs Luigi Zoja of Milan an "anthropological psychologist" with good reason. While Zoja's basic approach is that of an analytical psychologist, he also avails himself of the insights of sociology, anthropology, archaeology, philosophy, and a host of other disciplines. This breadth of vision that he brings to bear on contemporary social issues, and in particular on the horrific violence that plagues modern society, makes this collection of essays an invaluable contribution to Jungian thought on the subject....'

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