- Paperback: 152 pages
- Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (14 Feb 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1583911987
- ISBN-13: 978-1583911983
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.7 x 1.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 981,670 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Since its beginning, depth psychology has attempted to change the status quo of individual and cultural life by probing beneath surface appearances. Lyn Cowan explores a number of subjects, considering what possible meanings and implications for change might lie behind the conventional attitudes toward such subjects as:
* Abortion
* Gender and sexuality
* Language
* Memory
* Melancholy
The author puts forward the argument that, although "psychology" and "subversion" are not usually thought of as belonging together, they should be. Such a view, presented clearly with humour and insight, offers a way to think differently about usual things, and yield fresh meaning to some of the pressing dilemmas of our time and how we as individuals may respond to them.
* Abortion
* Gender and sexuality
* Language
* Memory
* Melancholy
The author puts forward the argument that, although "psychology" and "subversion" are not usually thought of as belonging together, they should be. Such a view, presented clearly with humour and insight, offers a way to think differently about usual things, and yield fresh meaning to some of the pressing dilemmas of our time and how we as individuals may respond to them.
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A manifesto against blandness, 1 Jun 2006
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This review is from: Tracking the White Rabbit: A Subversive View of Modern Culture (Paperback)
Tracking the White Rabbit is one of those pleasant surprises I plucked off a library shelf one day. It is a collection of essays by a Jungian psychologist on a wide range of topics, from politically controversial topics like abortion and homosexuality to eccentricity and the art of cursing. The common thread that runs through all of the essays is a solid rejection of a banal "normalcy" and the pathologization of strong emotion. Two of my favorite pieces were "Feeding the Psyche" and "Blue Notes." In "Feeding the Psyche" Cowan rails against the "junk" words of modern psychology (pop and otherwise) that would reduce all discussion of human emotion to vague terms like "co-dependency" and "issues." In "Blue Notes," she discusses the value of melancholy and it's relation to thoughtfulness and memory. This is a great little book to explore if you believe in the human right to experience the entire range of your emotions deeply and passionately and feel psychically assaulted by the insane modern pressure to take your Prozac and learn to think positive 24-7.
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