RT Book
T1 Animus, psyche and culture: a Jungian revision
A1 Sengupta, Sulagna
LA English
PP London New York, NY
PB Routledge, Taylor & Francis
YR 2024
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1851989587
AB "Animus, Psyche and Culture takes Carl Jung's concept of contra-sexual psyche and locates it within the cultural expanse of India, using ethnographic narratives, history, religion, myth, films, biographical extracts to deliberate on the feminine in psychological, social and archetypal realms. Jung's concept of unconscious contra-sexuality, based on notions of feminine Eros and masculine Logos, was pioneering in his time, but took masculine and feminine to be fixed and essential attributes of gender in the psyche. This book explores the relevance of the animus, examining its rationale in current contexts of gender fluidity. Taking off from Post Jungian critiques, it proposes an exposition of the animus in history, social and religious phenomena, theories of knowledge, psychoid archetype and synchronicity, to grasp its nuances in diverse cultural worlds. This study re-envisions the notion of animus keeping in mind the intricacies of feminine subjectivity and the diversity of cultural worlds where depth psychological ideas are currently emerging. A remarkable reworking of Jungian ideas, this well-researched and important new book will be an insightful read for Jungian analysts and scholars with an interest in cultural and gender studies"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BF173.J85
SN 9781138389748
SN 9781138389762
K1 Jungian Psychology
K1 Culture : Psychological aspects
K1 Animus (Psychoanalysis)
K1 Sex role : India : Psychological aspects
DO 10.4324/9780429423727