Jung, Irigaray, Individuation: Philosophy, Analytical Psychology, and the Question of the Feminine
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- Publisher : Routledge
- Published : January 2008
- Category :
Jung and Analytical Psychology - Catalogue No : 26781
- ISBN 13 : 9780415431033
- ISBN 10 : 0415431034
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"Jung, Irigaray, Individuation" brings together philosophy, analytical psychology and psychoanalysis in suggesting that Luce Irigaray's conception of the feminine is a critical re-visioning of the open-ended possibilities for human being expressed in Jung's idea of individuation. This fresh insight will intrigue academics and analysts alike in its exploration of the different traditions from which Carl Jung and Luce Irigaray speak.
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The book outlines Plato's conception of the feminine as disorder and argues that this conception is found in Jung's notion of the anima feminine. It then argues that Luce Irigaray's work challenges the notion of the feminine as disorder. Her mimetic adoption of this figuring of the feminine is a direct assault on what can be understood as a culturally dominant Western understanding. Luce Irigaray argues for a feminine divine which will model an ideal feminine just as the masculine divine models a masculine ideal. In making her claims, Irigaray, the book argues, is expanding and elaborating Jung's idea of individuation.
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Frances Gray is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics at the University of Queensland, Australia. She is a qualified mediator and yoga teacher.
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