Jung's Shadow Concept: The Hidden Light and Darkness within Ourselves

This book explores Carl Jung's concept of the Shadow and how it develops in infancy and adolescence, culminating in collective manifestations. It offers a voyage through fundamental Shadow concepts and themes, helping readers integrate it and hold contra-positions with mutual understanding.

Format: Hardback
Length: 328 pages
Publication date: 05 May 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This profound and thought-provoking volume is meticulously crafted as a series of invitations to cultivate a heightened state of attentiveness, delving into the intricate mechanisms through which we create the "other," often resorting to "projection" (externalizing blame and shame onto others) as our perceived enemy, with whom we prefer to avoid meaningful dialogue.

In our daily lives, we encounter individual and collective expressions of the Shadow—the aspects of ourselves that we fear, detest, and bring about feelings of shame. Carl Jung's concept of the Shadow, born from his personal exploration of the depths of his unconscious self, stands as one of the most significant contributions to the understanding of humanity and the realm of depth psychology, where the focus lies in the unconscious processes.

The contributors to this invaluable book reimagine Jung's concept within the context of contemporary Jungian thought, exploring the intricate development of the Shadow during infancy and adolescence, culminating in its collective manifestations. This book serves as a captivating journey through a myriad of fundamental Shadow concepts and themes, encompassing couples relationships, disease, organizations, Evil, fundamentalism, ecology, and boundary violation.

As the book concludes, it offers a valuable chapter designed to assist us in integrating the Shadow and cultivating a patient and mutually understanding approach, rather than being entrapped in polarities. This captivating new book will captivate the broader public, Jungian analysts, trainees, scholars, and therapists, both in training and in practice, with a deep interest in delving into the inner world.

Weight: 636g
Dimension: 162 x 241 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032187020