by Andrew Samuels (UK)
Jung and ‘Africans’: A Critical and Contemporary Review of Some of the Issues
International Journal of Jungian Studies, Volume 10, Number 2, p. 122-134, 2018.
The paper is written in the context of a debate within the Jungian clinical and academic communities on whether or not some kind of public statement is required concerning Jung’s writings about “Africans,” persons of colour, and Indigenous people. The author eschews argument in favour of such a public statement, opting instead for a “forensic” discussion of the reasons why it is not a good plan to issue such a statement. By so doing, he creates a level playing field in which the “pros” and “cons” of a public statement may attract equal attention.
Link to article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19409052.2018.1454647
A Conversation between Like-Minded Colleagues and Friends: Alan Vaughan and Andrew Samuels: Questing for New Jungian Paradigms on Ethnicity, Racism, and Culture within the Individuation of Analytical Psychology
Jung Journal: Culture and Psyche, Volume 12, Number 12, p. 118-136, 2018.
Alan G. Vaughan and Andrew Samuels, both Jungian analysts, met earnestly during the Analysis and Activism Conference first held in London in 2014. Impressed with the presentation of new paradigms and applications of principles of analytical psychology beyond the consulting room in communities of ethnically and economically diverse populations, our conversations increased through email exchanges and sharing ideas. In August 2017, we met in person during the International Association of Jungian Studies (IAJS) Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, the birthplace of Nelson Mandela. The exchanges were spirited and rich, the rapport genuine. Analytical psychology, analysis and activism, politics, economics, the African Diaspora, and the prevalence of the psychopathology of racism were discussed. Our conversations continued, in the Oakland hills of California, on December 17, 2017.
Link to article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19342039.2018.1442108
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