Archetypal and cultural perspectives on the foreigner : minorities and monsters /: minorities and monsters. (2020)
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- Book
- Title:
- Archetypal and cultural perspectives on the foreigner : minorities and monsters /: minorities and monsters. (2020)
- Main Title:
- Archetypal and cultural perspectives on the foreigner : minorities and monsters
- Further Information:
- Note: Joanne Wieland-Burston.
- Authors:
- Wieland-Burston, Joanne
- Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Preface; Introduction; The archetypal experience then and now; Jung and Freud's stance on the foreign; Who is interested today?; My personal interest; Organisation; References; 1. Deconstructing the archetype of the foreigner; Introduction: the symbolism of the foreigner; Identity: the foreigner and the non-foreigner; The archetype; Erich Neumann and the Great Mother archetype; The archetype of the foreigner; The elementary character of the foreigner and the basic attitudes; The cook versus the crook The power of the hero and the monsterLiminal figures; The foreigner and the spiritual; The victim or the persecutor; The perspective of the foreigner; An anecdote from my practice; Archetypal human needs; References; 2. The archetypal experience of meeting the foreigner and being one in early cultures, mythologies and literary texts; The prominence of the topic; The Hebrew Bible; The Christian Bible; Muslim teachings; Fairy tales; The foreigner as a religious leader; The foreigner as an adventurer; References; 3. Monster making/scapegoating: one way of dealing with the foreigner; Introduction Wherefore monsters?The characteristics of monsters; The otherworldliness of monsters; The power of the extra ordinary; Ambivalent reactions to monsters; Creating monsters: an archetypal need?; Monsters and heroes: the development of consciousness; Monster making and scapegoating; More specifically ...Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Preface; Introduction; The archetypal experience then and now; Jung and Freud's stance on the foreign; Who is interested today?; My personal interest; Organisation; References; 1. Deconstructing the archetype of the foreigner; Introduction: the symbolism of the foreigner; Identity: the foreigner and the non-foreigner; The archetype; Erich Neumann and the Great Mother archetype; The archetype of the foreigner; The elementary character of the foreigner and the basic attitudes; The cook versus the crook The power of the hero and the monsterLiminal figures; The foreigner and the spiritual; The victim or the persecutor; The perspective of the foreigner; An anecdote from my practice; Archetypal human needs; References; 2. The archetypal experience of meeting the foreigner and being one in early cultures, mythologies and literary texts; The prominence of the topic; The Hebrew Bible; The Christian Bible; Muslim teachings; Fairy tales; The foreigner as a religious leader; The foreigner as an adventurer; References; 3. Monster making/scapegoating: one way of dealing with the foreigner; Introduction Wherefore monsters?The characteristics of monsters; The otherworldliness of monsters; The power of the extra ordinary; Ambivalent reactions to monsters; Creating monsters: an archetypal need?; Monsters and heroes: the development of consciousness; Monster making and scapegoating; More specifically ... anti-Semitism; New attitudes to monsters; Is scapegoating nevertheless somehow curable?; References; 4. Alienation in the modern world: feeling foreign; Alienation; Salafist terrorists; Albert Camus and Meursault; Franz Kafka and Gregor Samsa; A modern man and the flip side of the archetype Thomas Mann and Tonio KrögerPictorial representations of alienation; The personal unconscious or reductive analysis; References; 5. The encounter with the foreigner in the psychotherapeutic context; Introduction; The foreigner within; Feeling foreign and discovering the foreigner within; Gerry's story; Lisabetha's life; The case of "nomen est omen"; The encounter with the numinous foreigner; And what about the analyst in the equation -- a foreigner?; The foreign analyst's perspective; References; Postscript; Index … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Copyright Date:
- 2020
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 128
Self (Philosophy)
Philosophical anthropology
Other minds (Theory of knowledge) in literature
PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health
PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / Jungian
Other minds (Theory of knowledge) in literature
Philosophical anthropology
Self (Philosophy)
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9780429794698
9780429794674
0429794673
9780429794681
0429794681
9780429437656 - Related ISBNs:
- 042979469X
042943765X - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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