1st Edition
Jung and Kierkegaard Researching a Kindred Spirit in the Shadows
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Part One
1. Introduction
2. A Holy Kind of Healing
3. Some Striking Similarities: Personal and Philosophical
4. Introducing Kierkegaard
5. Presenting Jung
6. The Wounds of the Father: A Shared Inheritance
Part Two
7. An Unconventional Christianity
8. Jung and Religion
9. The Therapeutic Value of Faith
10. Grounding Ethics in Spirit: The Medium of our Self-Realization
11. Suffering and the Pain of Personal Growth: Perrissem, Nisi Perissem
12. Authenticity: The Creation of One’s Genuine Self
Part Three
13. "That Religious Neurotic": Kierkegaard on the Couch
14. Keeping Mum: A Powerful Silence
15. Søren’s Spiritual Castration: A Father’s Influence
16. To Marry or to Martyr
17. The Final Years of Søren Kierkegaard: A Story of Archetypal Compensation
Part Four
18. The Nature of a Kierkegaardian Neurosis: Jung’s Reception of Kierkegaard
19. Kierkegaard and Nietzsche: Polar Opposites in the Mind of Jung
20. Summary of Discussion
21. Conclusion
22. Epilogue: Jung and Kierkegaard: A Legacy Considered
Bibliography
Biography
Amy Cook graduated with a degree in History from the University of Aberdeen in 2005. She then went on to study a masters in Philosophy and Psychoanalysis at Essex University before completing another masters in Jungian and Post-Jungian Studies. After a brief spell teaching overseas, Amy returned to the UK and began a PhD at Bangor University. She currently lives in North Wales, where she works with young carers to support and encourage them to fulfil their full potential.
