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Archetypes of war and peace

By: Material type: TextTextwww.transcend.org/tup Transcend Univ. Press/Kolofon Press c2011Description: 254p.; appendix; bibliog.; notesContent type:
  • text
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  • unmediated
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  • volume
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Contents:
Part I - On Violence. 1 Violence and the sacred revisited. Part II - On war and politics. 2 War in the Middle east: A psycho-political commentary. 3 Presidential elections of 2008: Alchemist with a father complex and warrior-hero with Vietnam complex. 4. The mythology of the United States. Part III - On the rise of the feminine. 5 The return of the feminine and development of modern weapons. 6 Redemptrix archetype: interpretation of the fairytales Twelve swans and Twelve brothers. Part IV - On masculine excessiveness and the war god. 7 The labors of Heracles: transformation of masculine excessiveness. 8 The war-god archetype. Part V - Beyond war. 9 Myth of Oedipus and the pestilence of terror: the price for remaining unconscious. 10. The mark of Cain: toward a nonkilling paradigm. Appendix - Dialogue between war gods: St. James, killer of Moors (Spanish holy warrior), and Huitzilopochtli (Aztec god of war)
Abstract: 'This volume is a commentary on war and peace from the perspective of depth psychology. The unique contribution of depth psychology is its use of symbolic and mythic analysis to assess behaviors that are influenced by the unconscious component of the human psyche. The chapters discuss certain archetypes that impact on war and peace....If the volume has a singular message it is that humans not call upon the Death Force (war) to solve Life Force issues.'
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Part I - On Violence. 1 Violence and the sacred revisited. Part II - On war and politics. 2 War in the Middle east: A psycho-political commentary. 3 Presidential elections of 2008: Alchemist with a father complex and warrior-hero with Vietnam complex. 4. The mythology of the United States. Part III - On the rise of the feminine. 5 The return of the feminine and development of modern weapons. 6 Redemptrix archetype: interpretation of the fairytales Twelve swans and Twelve brothers. Part IV - On masculine excessiveness and the war god. 7 The labors of Heracles: transformation of masculine excessiveness. 8 The war-god archetype. Part V - Beyond war. 9 Myth of Oedipus and the pestilence of terror: the price for remaining unconscious. 10. The mark of Cain: toward a nonkilling paradigm. Appendix - Dialogue between war gods: St. James, killer of Moors (Spanish holy warrior), and Huitzilopochtli (Aztec god of war)

'This volume is a commentary on war and peace from the perspective of depth psychology. The unique contribution of depth psychology is its use of symbolic and mythic analysis to assess behaviors that are influenced by the unconscious component of the human psyche. The chapters discuss certain archetypes that impact on war and peace....If the volume has a singular message it is that humans not call upon the Death Force (war) to solve Life Force issues.'

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