The Politics of Redemption
Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 299 g
ISBN: 978-0-7456-2517-1
Verlag: Polity Press
Feminism has neglected Jung to its own detriment. While evaluating the reasons for this neglect, Jung: A Feminist Revision uses the diversity of feminist critical tools from historical analysis to poststructuralism. In a fresh and illuminating study, this book provides both a critique of Jung and demonstrates his positive potential for future feminisms. New theories are explored which develop relationships between the work of Jung and Jacques Lacan, Luce Irigaray, Hélène 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. Jungian 'goddess' feminism's enduring appeal is re-examined in the context of postmodern re-thinking of subjectivity and gender.
The book proposes a re-orientation of Jungian studies in its relationship to feminism. The result is an accessible text that introduces Jung and sets out his relevance to contemporary feminisms.
This book will be essential reading for undergraduates and postgraduates studying feminist theory, psychoanalytical theory, literature and psychology.
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Weitere Infos & Material
Preface.
Abbreviations.
Chronology.
1. The Lives of C. G. Jung.
2. Introducing Jungian Theory.
3. The Goddess and the Feminine Principle: Gender and the Feminine After Jung (1) Grand Theory.
4. Jungian Feminisms?: Gender and the Feminine after Jung (2) Personal Myth.
5. Jungian Feminisms in Deconstruction and Post-Freudian Feminism.
6. Postmodern Jungian Feminisms: Alchemy, the Body, the Postmodern Sublime, Narrative Form and the Gothic.
Notes.
Glossary.
Index.