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Psyche and the city : A soul's guide to the modern metropolis

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Psyche and the city : A soul's guide to the modern metropolis

Sujet

psychologie, psychology, Jung Carl, Singer Thomas , perception, culture urbaine, ambiances, soul, âme

Description

Abstract from the publisher :
 
Does a city have a "soul"?

How does the individual psyche—as long-time resident, recent arrival, or visitor—experience different cities?

Each city embodies distinctive psychological qualities—in its geography and architecture, its bright lights and shadowy realms, in the deep patterns that recur throughout its history, in its global connections, and in the singular lives of its past and current inhabitants. But although each is unique, all must face the archetypal, dialectical nature of the cosmopolitan itself, as well as the particular tensions, terrors, and promises common to modern urban life world-wide.

The contributors to Psyche & the City are all Jungian analysts and cultural thinkers, working with a notion of "soul" that comprehends both spirit and matter, bridging dualistic conceptions while recognizing the inherent value of each individual perspective. Writing specially for this volume, the authors freely employ personal anecdote and reverie, factual background, biography, imaginal amplification, and creative speculation to evoke the souls of their own home cities.

This book is a hymn to the soul intended not only for readers familiar with Jungian ideas, but for anyone who cares about the state of their own soul, about their fellow citizens, and about the soul of the city itself.
 
Contents :
 
Foreword - Thomas Kirsch
Introduction - Thomas Singer
PART ONE: THE CITIES
1. Searching for Soul & Jung in Zurich: A Psychological Essay - Murray Stein
2. Sydney / Purgatorio - Craig San Roque
3. Heart and Soul in Shanghai - Heyong Shen
4. São Paulo: Harlequin City - Gustavo Barcellos
5. San Francisco: The Cool, Grey City of Love - John Beebe
6. Paris, Essence, and Soul - Viviane Thibaudier
7. The One and Many Souls of New York City - Beverley Zabriskie
8. The Soul of New Orleans: Archetypal Density & the Unconscious - Charlotte M. Mathes
9. Moscow is Like a Sweet Berry - Elena Pourtova
10. Montreal: La Grande Dame - Thomas Kelly
11. Mexico City: Longing for Quetzalcóatl - Jacqueline Gerson
12. Angels and Idols: Los Angeles, A City of Contrasts - Nancy Furlotti
13. London Palimpsest: South, East, North, and West - Christopher Hauke
14. Jerusalem: Human Ground, Archetypal Spirit - Erel Shalit
15. Cape Town: Mother Nature, Mother City - Paul Ashton
16. Cairo: The Mother of the World - Antonio Karim Lanfranchi
17. Arrival in Berlin - Joerg Rasche
18. Whispers in a Bull’s Ear: The Natural Soul of Bangalore - Kusum Dhar Prabhu
PART TWO: APPROACHES TO THE CITY
19. Jane Jacobs, Patron Saint of Cities - Craig Stephenson
20. The Remorse of the Sedentary - Luigi Zoja
Afterword - Thomas Singer
  Thomas Singer, M.D., is a psychiatrist and Jungian analyst who lives and practices in the San Francisco Bay Area.  

Créateur

NC

Éditeur

Spring Journal Books

Date

August 2010

Format

420

Type

Ouvrage