ISBN-13: 9780745625164 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 186 str.
ISBN-13: 9780745625164 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 186 str.
This text explores the relationship between feminist theory and Jungian studies. It combines an introduction to Jung, his life and work, his treatment of gender and the range of post-Jungian gender theory, with contemporary research linking Jung to deconstruction, post-Freudian feminism, postmodernism, the sublime and the postmodern body. Feminism has neglected Jung to its own detriment. While evaluating the reasons for this neglect, this text uses the diversity of feminist critical tools from historical analysis to poststructuralism. It provides both a critique of Jung and demonstrates his positive potential for future feminisms. Contemporary theories are explored which develop relationships between the work of Jung and Jacques Lacan, Luce Irigaray, Cixous, Julia Kristeva and Judith Butler. Particular attention is paid to the growth of post-Jungian studies of gender. This includes a cogent study of the tradition of Jungian feminism that looks to the feminine principle and narratives of goddesses.