Analytical Psychology

Finding the Truth in Men's Experience: Masculinity, Change and Healing

Details: Last Updated: Sunday, 27 October 2013 20:37; Written by David Tacey

According to David Tacey, professor of Jungian and Pscyhoanalytic Studies at La Trobe University, Melbourne, traditional masculinity is suffering from a crisis of confidence and if humanity is to be renewed, masculinity needs a makeover. In this article, Tacey argues on the side of restraint reform, suggesting that there is a New Man in the making, who is a mixture of the best of traditional masculinity and the sensitivity and emotional expressiveness required in today's environment.

Remaking Men: Jungian Thought and the Post-Patriarchal Psyche

Details: Last Updated: Sunday, 27 October 2013 20:37; Written by David Tacey

In this article on how to help men discover a new, post-patriarchal equilibrium, David Tacey uses mythological figures to reinforce the idea that traditional masculinity will "go on its consuming course...unless we break the cycle of power, conquest, and domination." Tacey poses the question "Is Jungian theory to be used to encourage change, or to escape from change?" and uses Jung's Psychological Types and other texts to explore that question.

Critical Notice

Details: Last Updated: Sunday, 27 October 2013 20:37; Written by Devon Anthony Stevens

The Birth of the Bomb: Leo Szilard

Details: Last Updated: Sunday, 27 October 2013 20:37; Written by Donald Williams

Jungian analyst Donald Williams relfects on the birth of the atomic bomb as it relates to Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard, how the bomb started the arms race and how the use of atomic weapons directly relates to our evolution as human beings.

The Inferior Function as a Moral Issue

Details: Last Updated: Sunday, 27 October 2013 20:37; Written by Angelo Spoto

In this excerpt from his book Jung’s Typology in Perspective, Angelo Spoto argues that the inferior function places Jung’s theory of types in its most dramatic guise, and he suggests that the inferior function’s mecurical nature and autonomy is what is most devastating to us. Spoto’s book can be ordered from Chiron Publications at www.chironpublications.com.