Possession: Jung's Comparative Anatomy of the Psyche

by Craig E. Stephenson

This illuminating study, addressed both to readers new to Jung and to those already familiar with his work, offers fresh insights into a fundamental concept of analytical psychology. Anatomizing Jung’s concept of possession reinvests Jungian psychotherapy with its positive potential for practice. Analogizing the concept – lining it up comparatively beside the history of religion, anthropology, psychiatry, and even drama and film criticism – offers not a naive syncretism, but enlightening possibilities along the borders of these diverse disciplines. An original, wide-ranging exploration of phenomena both ancient and modern, this book offers a conceptual bridge between psychology and anthropology, it challenges psychiatry to culturally contextualize its diagnostic manual, and it posits a much more fluid, pluralistic and embodied notion of selfhood.

200 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Jerad · Rating 5 out of 5]

-Not for newbs.
-Plenty for the humanities and arts.
-Might not be as useful for social sciences.
-Beyond interesting.