1st Edition
Eternal Youth and the Myth of Deconstruction An Archetypal Reading of Jacques Derrida and Judith Butler
Introduction: The Present Deferred 1. The Neverland of Différance 2. Traces of the Hollowed Now 3. The Imperative of Archetypal Posession 4. The Eternal Now and the Pleasures of Displacement 5. Aristotle's Impossible Possibility 6. Gender Performativity in the Land of Make Believe 7. Kairos and Eros: Time and Desire 8. The Serpentine Circle as Image of Wholeness Conclusion: A Return to the Present
Biography
Bret Alderman is an author who received his PhD in depth psychology in 2013 from the Pacifica Graduate Institute in Carpinteria, California. His recent interests include ideological possession, deconstruction, gender, and the interface between psychology and philosophy.
"Alderman's analysis of deconstruction is meticulous and riveting. He also persuasively highlights its archetypal repetition in the mythology of the eternal youth. But his argument is not merely polemical; it is a nuanced reworking of its gifts into a synthesis which will engage readers across the field of contemporary thought"
Roger Brooke, Professor Emeritus, Duquesne University.
"In prose reminiscient of Hillman, Alderman illuminates the myth of our era - the rejection of our embodied origin in matter that leaves us in the Neverland of Eternal Youth. This book offers a powerful corrective to the rootless inflation so present in our current cultural moment."
Lisa Marchiano, author of Motherhood.
"At last, a vigorous collision of Jung and deconstruction that superbly illuminates both. 'Eternal Youth and the Myth of Deconstruction' succeeds in capturing what these vital perspectives share and how profoundly they diverge. Alderman philosophizes Jung, psychologizes Derrida, and mythologizes Butler. Essential reading for the twentyfirst century transdisciplinary era."
Susan Rowland, PhD, author of Jungian Arts-Based Research and the Nuclear Enhancement of New Mexico (2021).
