Cartesian philosophy and the flesh : reflections on incarnation in analytical psychology / Frances Gray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gray, Frances, 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Descartes, René, 1596-1650.

Descartes, René.

Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961.

Jung, C. G.

Jungian psychology.

Mind and body.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st dual ed.

Place of Publication:

Hove, East Sussex : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How do you know anything is true? What relation is there between my psyche and your psyche, does one exist? Can we doubt everything or are some things indubitable? What does Jung have to say about body and psyche, body and mind?Cartesian Philosophy and the Flesh is an analysis and critique of interpretations of Cartesian philosophy in analytical psychology. It focuses on readings of Descartes that have important implications for understanding Jung, and analytical and existential psychology generally. Frances Gray's book raises questions about the 'place' of the body in a theor

Contents:

Introduction

Analytical psychologists read the philosophy of René Descartes

Spiritual exercises and Descartes' meditations

Descartes and the making of distinctions

Inner and outer troubles

Jung and the phenomenological standpoint

Flesh, reflection, and transcendence

Flesh issues : elemental mattering.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-16531-2

0-203-08012-2

1-299-27903-1

1-136-16532-0

9780203080122

OCLC:

830161380