C.G. Jung and Nikolai Berdyaev: Individuation and the Person: A Critical Comparison

by Nicolaus; Georg

• ISBN13: 9780415493161
• ISBN10: 0415493161
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2010-08-27
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book explores Jung's psychology through the perspective of the existential philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev, drawing striking parallels between Jung's theory of individuation and Berdyaev's understanding of the person.Placing Jung and Berdyaev firmly within the context of secular humanism, Nicolaus draws on their personal experiences of individuation to show how both writers seek to enable a renewal of our self-understanding as persons in a post-religious society.Topics of discussion include:The foundations of Berdyaev's personalismJung's psychological interpretation of the Christian God imageIndividuation and the ethics of creativity.C.G. Jung and Nikolai Berdyaev: Individuation and the Person offers a fresh perspective on the ethical implications of Jung's theory and serves also as an introduction to Berdyaev's thought. As such this book will appeal to analytical psychologists, scholars engaged with Jungian thought and all those interested in the interface between spirituality and depth psychology.

Author Biography

C. G. Jung and Nikolai Berdyaev: Individuation and the Person offers a fresh perspective on the ethical implications of Jung's theory and serves also as an introduction to Berdyaev's thought. As such this book will appeal to analytical psychologists, scholars engaged with Jungian thought and all those interested in the interface between spirituality and depth psychology. Georg Nicolaus is a UKCP registered psychotherapist in private practice. He has studied philosophy in Munich and has a PhD in Psychoanalytic Studies from the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Essex.

Table of Contents

List of figures	p. ix
Preface	p. x
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Berdyaev's life	p. 14
An introduction to Berdyaev's philosophy	p. 20
The foundations of Berdyaev's personalism	p. 29
Anthropological and psychological reduction	p. 41
Person in Jung and Berdyaev	p. 44
Berdyaev's understanding of the person	p. 45
Jung's understanding of the person	p. 61
Individuation and spiritual experience	p. 79
Esse in anima and the epistemology of the heart	p. 83
Epistemology of the heart	p. 84
Esse in anima: Towards psychological religion	p. 94
Psychological idealism and existential intuition	p. 102
Person and God-image	p. 106
Trinity and Divine-humanity in Berdyaev	p. 107
Jung's psychological interpretation of the Christian God-image	p. 127
Pneuma and psychic energy	p. 146
Individuation and the ethics of creativity	p. 152
Berdyaev's ethics of creativity	p. 153
Jung's ethics of individuation	p. 176
Conclusion: Moving beyond the pre/trans fallacy	p. 196
Notes	p. 204
Bibliography	p. 210
Index	p. 221
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