Traumatic Loss and Recovery in Jungian Studies and Cinema: Transdisciplinary Approaches in Grief Theory

This book combines Abraham and Torok's 'crypt theory, Jungian thought, and film theory to guide readers through the darkest places of the human psyche, exploring prolonged grief disorder, complicated mourning, post-traumatic stress disorder, bitterness, disenfranchised grief, trauma-related rumination, and mental, emotional, and physical pain. It connects psychoanalytic concepts with Jungian concepts and presents real-life examples and fictional ones.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 172 pages
Publication date: 28 October 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive book delves into the intricate realms of traumatic loss, grief, and recovery, employing a thoughtful blend of Abraham and Torok's 'crypt theory,' Jungian thought, and film theory to guide readers through the darkest depths of the human psyche. With a keen focus on the destructive and reconstructive choices individuals face, the book explores a wide range of psychological phenomena, including prolonged grief disorder, complicated mourning, post-traumatic stress disorder, bitterness, disenfranchised grief, trauma-related rumination, and mental, emotional, and physical pain. Presented with real-life examples and fictional narratives, the book seamlessly weaves psychoanalytic concepts such as the intrapsychic tomb and theoretra with Jungian notions such as the teleological model of the psyche, dreams, alchemical operations, shadow, archetypes, enantiodromia, symbols, and compensation within the framework of modern grief theory. Traumatic Loss and Recovery in Jungian Studies and Cinema holds immense significance for psychoanalysts, Jungian analysts, psychotherapists with an interest in popular culture, cinema students, scholars, and general readers passionate about psychology, counseling, mental health, and media studies.

Weight: 340g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032274157