Explorations into the self / Michael Fordham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fordham, Michael, 1905-1995. lat

Contributor:

Society of Analytical Psychology.

Series:

Library of analytical psychology ; v. 7.

The Library of analytical psychology ; v.7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self.

Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 pages)

Edition:

1st

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Karnac, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This rewarding work is the product of sustained observation of and reflection on phenomena arising out of three broad topics in the field of analytical psychology. Firstly it analyses and evaluates the ambiguity in Jung's definitions and metaphors about the self. Secondly it investigates the relation of the ego to the self. Finally the presence of the self is explored. Fordham's innovative and original view of the self further extends our understanding of its dynamics and helps to establish some sense of the complementariness as well as differences between Jung and Klein.

Contents:

COVER; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One Empirical foundation, hypotheses and theories; Chapter One The self in Jung 's works; Chapter Two Individuation and ego development; Chapter Three Integration -deintegration in infancy; Chapter Four A possible root of active imagination; Part Two Ego and self; Chapter Five The self as an imaginative construct; Chapter Six The ego and the self; Chapter Seven Mental health; Chapter Eight A clinical study; Chapter Nine An interpretation of Jung's thesis about synchronicity; Chapter Ten Countertransfrence

Chapter Eleven Defences of the self Chapter Twelve Jungian views of body-mind; Part Three Religion, mysticism, alchemy; Chapter Thirteen Is God supernatural?; Chapter Fourteen Notes on the mysticism of Saint John of the Cross; Chapter Fifteen Alchemy; Chapter Sixteen Concluding reflections; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

"Published for Society of Analytical Psychology, London by Karnac".

Includes index and bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-429-91342-7

0-429-47442-3

1-283-06810-9

9786613068101

1-84940-029-6

9780429474422

OCLC:

723944511