1st Edition

Fear of Jung The Complex Doctrine and Emotional Science

By Theo A. Cope Copyright 2006
296 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

The current neuroscientific research in the field of emotion studies highlights a paradigm of scientific research that must be categorized as functional science. As functional science, the neuroscientific theory of the "neuron doctrine" combined with a Jungian theory of the "complex doctrine" hold significant potential for a natural human science and a psychological study of affectivity. Though... Read more
Overture: nature of the problem under consideration -- Introduction -- Philosophy first, not first philosophy -- Ruminations on the psyche -- Jungian complexes in perspective -- Discussion of Jung's emotional complex doctrine -- Intermezzo: the complex brain nuclei -- A complex consideration -- The complex and post traumatic stress disorder -- A complex integration: rethinking Jung's complex doctrine -- A functional finale

Biography

Theo A. Cope