عنوان

Jung, art and psychotherapy re-conceptualized by the symbol that joins us to the wildness of the universe

Number

LA112769

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Jung, art and psychotherapy re-conceptualized by the symbol that joins us to the wildness of the universe

General Material Designation

[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Susan Rowland

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

Despite the impact of the publication of Jung's own (literally) monumental work of rendering images in The Red Book (2009), the relation of art, artists, art psychotherapy and Jungian studies is puzzling and complex. As Tjeu van den Berk's excellent Jung on Art (2012) demonstrates, Jung by no means posited a comfortable continuum between his psychology and aesthetics. Even artists impressed by his notions of the inherently creative unconscious imagination do not share the priorities of Jungian-oriented art psychotherapists. In exploring this problem of Jungian psychology and the aesthetic domain, I take issue with some of van den Berk's conclusions, proposing instead that in his core concept of the 'symbol' Jung constructs a theory of the imagination that overcomes disciplinary, mythic and individual boundaries: rather, it is an idea of radical re-visioning of psyche as expressed in time and space. By dismantling the notion of psyche as bound to an individual person, I suggest the symbol transforms the dialogue of Jung, Jungians and art. Despite the impact of the publication of Jung's own (literally) monumental work of rendering images in The Red Book (2009), the relation of art, artists, art psychotherapy and Jungian studies is puzzling and complex. As Tjeu van den Berk's excellent Jung on Art (2012) demonstrates, Jung by no means posited a comfortable continuum between his psychology and aesthetics. Even artists impressed by his notions of the inherently creative unconscious imagination do not share the priorities of Jungian-oriented art psychotherapists. In exploring this problem of Jungian psychology and the aesthetic domain, I take issue with some of van den Berk's conclusions, proposing instead that in his core concept of the 'symbol' Jung constructs a theory of the imagination that overcomes disciplinary, mythic and individual boundaries: rather, it is an idea of radical re-visioning of psyche as expressed in time and space. By dismantling the notion of psyche as bound to an individual person, I suggest the symbol transforms the dialogue of Jung, Jungians and art.

Date of Publication

2015

Physical description

81-93

Title

International Journal of Jungian Studies

Volume Number

7/2

International Standard Serial Number

1940-9060

Subject Term

aesthetics;

Subject Term

art;

Subject Term

C.G. Jung;

Subject Term

ecocriticism

Subject Term

psychotherapy;

Subject Term

symbol;

Susan Rowland

Call Number

10.1080/19409052.2014.905487

Electronic name

p

[Article]

275578

a

Y