ABSTRACT
Compared with Jung’s theory of the individuation process, Fordham’s theory of individuation in childhood has not been scrutinised in wider contexts outside analytical psychology. Jung’s psychology involves and has been discussed in terms of natural science, social science, and the humanities: biology, physics, phenomenology, epistemology, politics, gender, feminism, racism, theology, philosophy, alchemy, Gnosticism, religion (Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism), mythology, Eastern thought, the arts, literature, and many other disciplines and issues. Jung’s theory of individuation has been discussed in the above contexts independently or in combination with other disciplines. In contrast, Fordham’s theory has been discussed in very few contexts and in a narrow range of ways.
