The Rupture of Time: Synchronicity and Jung's Critique of Modern Western Culture

by Main,Roderick

• ISBN13: 9781583912287
• ISBN10: 1583912282
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-09-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The Rupture of Timeaims to clarify what Jung really meant by synchronicity, why the idea was so important to him and how it informed his thinking about modern Western culture. Areas examined include: how theory fits into Jung's overall psychological model, the signficance of apparent theoretical inconsistencies, how Jung applied the theory of synchronicity to his own critiques and the continuing relevance of synchronicity to the understanding of detranditionalized religion. Focusing closely on Jung's own writings and statements, this book discloses that the theory of sychronicity is not an inconsequential addendum to analytical psychology but is central to the psychological project that occupied Jung throughout his professional life. This much-needed clarification of one of Jung's central tenets will be of great interest to all analytical psychologists and scholars engaged with Jungian thought.

Author Biography

Roderick Main is Lecturer in Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Essex.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	viii
Introduction	1	(8)
PART 1 The theory of synchronicity	9	(54)
Synchronicity and analytical psychology	11	(25)
Intellectual difficulties	36	(27)
PART 2 Synchronicity in context	63	(52)
Sources and influences	65	(26)
Religion, science and synchronicity	91	(24)
PART 3 Synchronicity applied	115	(60)
Synchronicity and Jung's critique of science, religion and society	117	(27)
Synchronicity and the spiritual revolution	144	(31)
Conclusion	175	(10)
Notes	185	(5)
References	190	(14)
Index	204