ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book explores the links between certain concepts of analytical psychology, in particular archetypal theory, and its relation to certain psychoanalytic concepts within object relations theory, through the mediation of the dialectical vision. It offers an understanding of the situation of analytical psychology in England, which gave rise to the so-called "London Developmental School" under the leadership of Dr Michael Fordham. The book explores findings from the neurosciences that correlate to a number of Jungian analytic concepts, in particular ideas concerning the self and how it unfolds in an interrelational environment. It seeks to address the question of whether Jung's model regarding the structure and processes of the psyche can offer a specific and helpful approach to understanding the development of an ethical attitude personally, and the nature of the ethical attitude underpinning analytic practice.
