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Paradoxical affinities: otherness and ambivalence as creative pathways
Author(s) -
Wiener Jan
Publication year - 2018
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 - 10.1111/1468-5922.12418
Subject(s) - ambivalence , affinities , identity (music) , judaism , refugee , psychoanalysis , psychology , sociology , aesthetics , philosophy , political science , law , theology , chemistry , stereochemistry
Abstract Referring to her own background as the child of Jewish refugees forced to leave their countries of origin before the second World War, the author describes how her attitude towards Jung and his ideas has evolved. The role of paradoxical affinities that have affected the author's life and identity as a Jungian analyst are considered, alongside the impact of experiences of otherness whilst supervising and teaching abroad, particularly in Eastern Europe.