eng2jcp jung's cultural psychology
JUNG'S CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY
ENG2JCP
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
Students are introduced to Jung's psychology, with particular emphasis on the applications of his thought to cultural and literary studies, and to social and spiritual problems. We consider the differences between Freud and Jung, explore Jung's theories of the structure and dynamics of the psyche, and examine Jung's contributions to the study of myth, archetype and symbolism. Jung's psychology is not merely a therapy of neurosis, but an approach to culture, society, and the whole of life. His psychology offers an attitude to reality, seen from the standpoint of the unconscious, not of ego-consciousness. Unlike many psychiatrists, Jung does not suggest that the individual must adjust to society, but rather the individual's primary obligation is to adjust to the unconscious, regardless of how that impacts on social adjustment. Jung seeks not to promote social norms but to challenge them and to offer a psychotherapy of culture.
FacultyFaculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorDavid Tacey
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 2 - UG
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites 15 credit points of first year English or HUS1PWR
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjects ENG3JCP
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Learning resources
Readings
Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
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Readings | Fifth Business | Prescribed | Robertson Davies | PENGUIN |
Readings | How to read Jung, | Prescribed | Tacey, D | GRANTA 2006 |
Readings | Selected Poetry from the Norton Anthropology of Poetry | Prescribed | N/A | PHOTOCOPIES |
Readings | Surfacing, | Prescribed | Atwood, M. | VIRAGO |
Readings | The Jung Reader | Prescribed | David Tacey, ed., | LONDON: ROUTLEDGE, 2012 |
Readings | Memories, dreams, reflections, | Preliminary | Jung, C.G. | ANY EDITION |
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