1st Edition

Jung and Feminism Liberating Archetypes

By Demaris S. Wehr Copyright 1987
148 Pages
by Routledge

162 Pages
by Routledge

162 Pages
by Routledge

Jung, in contrast to Freud, has typically been considered more sympathetic to women largely because of his emphasis on the feminine as a way of being in the world and on the ‘anima’, the unconscious feminine aspect of male personality. Feminists, however, have viewed Jung’s whole notion of the ‘feminine’ with suspicion, seeing it as a projection of male psyche and not an authentic understanding... Read more

Preface.  1. Jung and Feminism: Opposition or Dialogue?  2. Feminist Theory in Psychology and Theology  3. Three Formative Relationships and Jung’s Models of the Psyche  4. Individuation and Our ‘Inner Cast of Characters’  5. Experience is Sacred: Jung’s Psychology as Religion  6. Analytical Psychology through a Feminist Lens.  Notes.  Index.

Biography

Demaris S. Wehr