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Jung’s contribution to the evolving concept of self

Jung’s contribution to the evolving concept of self 344 BROOKES Jung anticipates ideas of the postmodern thinker with respect to the nature of reality, placing experience--phenomenology--in the prime explanatory position. This paper further highlights the ongoing struggle of theorists and clinicians to find a way to account for the human experience. AJH JUNG'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE EVOLVING CONCEPT OF SELF Crittenden E. Brookes Carl Jung used the term self to refer to the central organizing and "mov- ing" principle of the psyche itself, as a whole, whereas he used ego to refer to that which is commonly referenced by the term self in contemporary self psychology and object-relations theory. This larger Jungian concept of self will be elaborated shortly. It should be noted incidentally that Jung defined the psyche as the totality of all mental processes. He first excluded the un- conscious from the concept of psyche, confining the concept strictly to that which is conscious. But he later suggested that the unconscious, and possibly even the physical world, could also be included as an aspect of the psyche. Although the concept of self as currently understood in the non-Jungian world is closely identified with the subjective (phenomenological) "1," a framework for further identification of specific aspects http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

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Springer Journals
Copyright
1996 Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
ISSN
0002-9548
eISSN
1573-6741
DOI
10.1007/BF02742421
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Abstract

344 BROOKES Jung anticipates ideas of the postmodern thinker with respect to the nature of reality, placing experience--phenomenology--in the prime explanatory position. This paper further highlights the ongoing struggle of theorists and clinicians to find a way to account for the human experience. AJH JUNG'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE EVOLVING CONCEPT OF SELF Crittenden E. Brookes Carl Jung used the term self to refer to the central organizing and "mov- ing" principle of the psyche itself, as a whole, whereas he used ego to refer to that which is commonly referenced by the term self in contemporary self psychology and object-relations theory. This larger Jungian concept of self will be elaborated shortly. It should be noted incidentally that Jung defined the psyche as the totality of all mental processes. He first excluded the un- conscious from the concept of psyche, confining the concept strictly to that which is conscious. But he later suggested that the unconscious, and possibly even the physical world, could also be included as an aspect of the psyche. Although the concept of self as currently understood in the non-Jungian world is closely identified with the subjective (phenomenological) "1," a framework for further identification of specific aspects

Journal

The American Journal of PsychoanalysisSpringer Journals

Published: Sep 1, 1996

Keywords: Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis

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