ABSTRACT

This first volume provides an original overview of Jung’s work, demonstrating that it is fully compatible with contemporary views in science. It draws on a wide range of scientific disciplines including, evolution, neurobiology, primatology, archaeology and anthropology.

Divided into three parts, areas of discussion include:

  • evolution, archetype and behaviour
  • individuation, complexes and theory of therapy
  • Jung’s psyche and its neural substrate
  • the transcendent function
  • history of consciousness.

Jung in the 21st Century Volume One: Evolution and Archetype will be an invaluable resource for all those in the field of analytical psychology, including students of Jung, psychoanalysts and psychotherapists with an interest in the meeting of Jung and science.

chapter 1|8 pages

The past and future of Jung

part |2 pages

Part I Evolution, archetype and behavior

chapter 2|5 pages

Jung on the archetypes

chapter 3|13 pages

Language: A model archetype

chapter 4|16 pages

Hundred percent primate

part |2 pages

Part II Jung’s psyche and its neural substrate

chapter 6|16 pages

The role of the brain in psychic process

chapter 9|9 pages

Dreams: Evidence of dialogic process

chapter 10|9 pages

Jung’s complex theory

chapter 11|13 pages

Complexes and the neural substrate

chapter 12|7 pages

Jung’s psychotherapy and neuroscience

chapter 13|12 pages

Jung on archetypes and altered states

chapter 14|18 pages

Altered states and transformation

part |2 pages

Part III History of consciousness

chapter 15|9 pages

Jung on the history of consciousness

chapter 16|10 pages

History of consciousness: Primate rituals

chapter 17|15 pages

Ritual and consciousness in the Paleolithic

chapter 18|7 pages

Ritual and consciousness in the Mesolithic

chapter 19|24 pages

Ritual and consciousness in the Neolithic

chapter 21|4 pages

Concluding refl ections