Consciousness in Jung and Patanjali

ISBN-13: 9781138213524 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 158 str.

Leanne Whitney

Opis

The East-West dialogue increasingly seeks to compare and clarify contrasting views on the nature of consciousness. For the Eastern liberatory models, where a nondual view of consciousness is primary, the challenge lies in articulating how consciousness and the manifold contents of consciousness are singular. Western empirical science, on the other hand, must provide a convincing account of how consciousness arises from matter. By placing the theories of Jung and Patanjali in dialogue with one another, Consciousness in Jung and Patanjali illuminates significant differences between dual and nondual psychological theory and teases apart the essential discernments that theoreticians must make between epistemic states and ontic beliefs.　 Patanjali's Classical Yoga, one of the six orthodox Hindu philosophies, is a classic of Eastern and world thought.　Patanjali teaches that notions of a separate egoic "I" are little more than forms of mistaken identity that we experience in our attempts to take ownership of consciousness. Carl Jung's depth psychology, which remains deeply influential to psychologists, religious scholars, and artists alike, argues that ego-consciousness developed out of the unconscious over the course of evolution. By exploring the work of key theoreticians from both schools of thought, particularly those whose ideas are derived from an integration of theory and practice, Whitney explores the extent to which the seemingly irremediable split between Jung and　Patanjali's ontological beliefs can in fact be reconciled.　 This thorough and insightful work will be essential reading for academics, theoreticians, and postgraduate students in the fields of psychology, philosophy of science, and consciousness studies. It will also appeal to those interested in the East-West psychological and philosophical dialogue.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements  Introduction  1.Patañjali  An Overview of Patañjali  Patañjali on Consciousness/Unconsciousness  Patañjali on Mind/Psyche  Patañjali on Ego/Self  Patañjali on the Transformation of Human Consciousness  References  Notes  2. Jung  An Overview of Jung  Jung on Consciousness/Unconsciousness  Jung on Mind/Psyche  Jung on Ego/Self  Jung on the Transformation of Human Consciousness  References  3. Jung and Patañjali Back-to-Back  Jung and Patañjali on Consciousness/Unconciousness  Jung and Patañjali on Mind/Psyche  Jung and Patañjali on Ego/Self  Jung and Patañjali on the Transformation of Human Consciousness  In Summary  References  Notes  4. Jung on Yoga  The Teological Function of the Psyche  Jung on Yoga: Conclusion  References  Notes  5. A Synthesis of Jung and Patañjali  The Efficacy of the Unconscious  Validating the Consciousness of the Unconscious  References  Notes  6. Conclusion  References  Afterword

O autorze

Dr. Leanne Whitney is an independent scholar in the fields of depth psychology and consciousness studies. She specializes in the intersection of Western psychology and the Eastern liberatory traditions. Dr. Whitney is the author of Consciousness in Jung and Patañjali as well as several academic papers. She earned her MA in statistics from the University of St. Andrews and her PhD in depth psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute.