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Jungian Constructivism and the Value of Uncertainty
Author(s) -
YoungEisendrath Polly
Publication year - 1997
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/j.1465-5922.1997.00637.x
Subject(s) - constructivism (international relations) , projective identification , archetype , epistemology , psychology , psychoanalysis , ogden , individuation , philosophy , psychoanalytic theory , theology , physics , international relations , politics , political science , law , thermodynamics
Introducing the basic assumptions of constructivism as a philosophical position, this paper illustrates how Jung's psychology ‐ especially complex, archetype and transcendent function ‐ is consonant with constructivism. Further, the paper explores some clinical implications of constructivism by reviewing the problems of chronic projective‐identification in a stalemated analytic case, drawing on the contributions of Winnicott, Ogden and Modell in expanding our understanding of, and facility with, the transcendent function.