Examines the relationship between analytical psychology and meaning,
interpreting human suffering as arising from meaning disorders.The question of meaning is central to Analytical Psychology. Human
suffering results from meaning disorders both at an individual and a cultural
level if we fail to find meaning through religion or philosophy. How can
analytical psychology help us to find individual meaning and social purpose? An
Introduction to Meaning and Purpose in Analytical Psychology is a highly
original critique of fundamentalism in analytical theories. It encompasses the
disciplines of cognitive psychology, developmental theory, ecology, inguistics,
literature, politics and religion. By achieving a sense of individual meaning,
it becomes possible for us to find our own creative purposes. Dale Mathers
presents basic insights of analytical psychology as a set of useful tools that
can help us answer fundamental questions of meaning, illustrated with a wide
range of clinical examples. This book will be useful for those working in
psychoanalysis, therapy, counselling and psychiatry as well as those involved
with religious exploration and with concerns for society and social change.
