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Carol Cooper - Women, Surrealism, and Jungian Psychology, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2027

Women, Surrealism, and Jungian Psychology

Confrontations with the Unconscious

Av Carol Cooper

2540 kr

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This unique and innovative book examines the relationship between the interdisciplinary movements of surrealism and Analytical Psychology, and the women who participated in each.Whilst many scholars have studied analytical psychology and surrealism as separate phenomena, few have explored these movements in relation to each other throughout the first half of the 20th Century, yet they share similarities in the ways in which they draw upon the reality of the unconscious and the psychological role of gender and romantic love in human life. Drawing upon the works of C. G. Jung and Andre Breton, chapters compare and contrast the social and theoretical evolution of these spheres of thought, alongside exploring the works of the influential surrealist artists Lee Miller and Suzanne Cesaire. It strives to interpret the participation of women in the surrealist movement through the lens of Jung’s Anima/Animus theory, an innovative hypothesis of psychological compensation.Providing a groundbreaking analysis of these two leading movements, this book will be essential reading for scholars and students of analytical psychology, art history, and gender studies. It will also appeal to analytical psychologists, psychotherapists and readers who are interested in the intersection of analytical psychology and contemporary culture.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2027-03-18
  • Mått: 138 x 216 x undefined mm
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 168
  • Förlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781041241584
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Carol Cooper, Ph.D, is a journalist and Adjunct Professor at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, USA.

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'Was C. G. Jung a surrealist? In this insightful, well researched and expertly written book, Cooper reveals the exciting parallels between Jung’s psychological project and that of an artistic movement that, like him, claimed to inherit the ancient scientific-artistic tradition of alchemy. The surrealists understood art’s capacity to transform the artist while Jung perceived that a painter could have discovered what he called ‘active imagination,’ for herself. That is only the start. Surrealism and Jung share so much more than the same cultural-historical milieu. Read this excellent book to find out.'Susan Rowland, Professor at Pacifica Graduate Institute, author with Joel Weishaus of Jungian Arts-Based Research and the Nuclear Enchantment of New Mexico (2021)'When the innovative work by women active within Surrealist circles is compared to similarly significant ideas C. G. Jung’s female students introduced into Jung’s psychology during the same time frame, the importance of dynamic female interventions within both movements is quickly revealed. Carol Cooper explores the hidden side of the Surrealist universe by bringing the “muses” of Surrealism’s great men out of the shadows, then highlighting their creativity and the synergistic influence their art had on that of their lovers. In a major contribution to the history of Surrealism, figures such as Lee Miller, Meret Oppenheim, Leonora Carrington, Leonor Fini, and the Black literary theorist Suzanne Césaire, are allowed to reclaim their rightful place as co-creators of that movement when Cooper interprets their lives and works in the context of Dr. Jung’s anima/animus theory—the gender-based psychological hypothesis so central to Jung’s understanding of how a human personality forms'.Daniel Odier, Swiss novelist, screenwriter, dharma scholar, and intermittent painter, is the author of many books including Meditation Techniques of the Buddhist and Taoist Masters, and the art-inflected crime thriller Diva, which became the award-winning French film of the same name.

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