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The spatial metaphor of Utopia in Russian culture and in analysis
Author(s) -
Tsivinsky Vladimir
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of analytical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.285
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1468-5922
pISSN - 0021-8774
DOI - 10.1111/1468-5922.12054
Subject(s) - metaphor , utopia , vignette , perspective (graphical) , narrative , psychoanalysis , aesthetics , sociology , psychology , philosophy , literature , art , art history , social psychology , visual arts , linguistics
The spatial metaphor of Utopia is considered from a Jungian perspective along with its role in Russian culture and in analysis. Such post‐Jungian concepts as the cultural complex and the archetypal story pattern of a victim are used in considering the desperate longing for a rescuer in patients' narratives and in Russian society. A clinical vignette is provided to illustrate these ideas.