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Panel: What could be Jungian about Human Rights work?
Author(s) -
Berg Astrid,
Salman Tawfiq,
Troudart Tristan
Publication year - 2011
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.1468-5922.2011.01914.x
Subject(s) - ambivalence , perspective (graphical) , narrative , point (geometry) , psychology , position (finance) , sociology , psychoanalysis , social psychology , epistemology , philosophy , art , visual arts , linguistics , geometry , mathematics , finance , economics
: The question of whether Jungian analysts should move beyond the consulting room to engage with mental health issues that pertain to the collective is the focus of this paper. Two narratives are presented: one from the view point of a psychiatrist in Occupied Palestine, the other from the conflicted situation which faces an Israeli analyst. Despite the strong ambivalence that is experienced on both sides, there is a willingness to meet and to take a standpoint without necessarily coming to a resolution. A third position is offered by describing experiences from the South African perspective. The African notion of Ubuntu is offered as a moral entry point that states that community goes beyond one's own; from this point of view, Jungian analysts can do no other than to act.