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The Rupture of Time Synchronicity and Jung's Critique of Modern Western Culture
By Roderick Main
Copyright 2004
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Why was the idea of synchronicity so important to Jung? Jung's theory of synchronicity radically challenges the entrenched assumptions of mainstream modern culture in the West. It is one of the most fascinating yet difficult and discomfiting of Jung's psychological theories. The Rupture of Time aims to clarify what Jung really meant by synchronicity, why the idea was so important to him and how... Read more
Introduction. A Radical Challenge. Part I: The Theory of Synchronicity. Synchronicity and Analytical Psychology. Intellectual Difficulties. Part II: Synchronicity in Context. Sources and Influences. Religion, Science, and Synchronicity. Part III: Synchronicity Applied. Synchronicity and Jung's Critique of Science, Religion, and Society. Synchronicity and the Spiritual Revolution. Conclusion. The Rupture of Time.
Biography
Roderick Main is Lecturer in Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Essex, and the editor of Jung on Synchronicity and the Paranormal (Routledge, 1997).
