Synopses & Reviews
In this series of essays, Ronald Schenk takes a postmodern approach to the psychology which was founded by Freud and Jung both in reaction to and in allegiance with the modern world at the turn of the last century. Phenomenology, quantum physics, chaos th
Synopsis
This book is a collection of essays articulating a vision of depth psychology, particularly Jungian psychology, that emphasizes a decentered perspective toward psychological life as articulated in such postmodern orientations as phenomenology, deconstruction, quantum physics, chaos theory, and aesthetics.
About the Author
RONALD SCHENK, Ph.D., is a Jungian analyst practicing, teaching and writing in Dallas and Houston. He is currently President of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts. He is the author of The Soul of Beauty: A Psychological Investigation of Appear
Table of Contents
Myths of meaning -- The body in analysis : bare bones, the aesthetics of arthritis -- A ground for psyche -- The temple of dionysus : dreams as religious experience -- Shipwrecks and dice throws : the errancy of analysis -- Psyche re-membered : darkening the vision of Jung -- Mining/fishing/analysis : seduction as alchemical extraction -- The sunken quest/the wasted fisher/the pregnant fish : the soul of uncertainty.