Possession av Craig E. (in private practice in Paris France) Stephenson

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<P>The first edition of this illuminating study, addressed both to readers new to Jung and to those already familiar with his work, offered fresh insights into a fundamental concept of analytical psychology. This revised edition has been fully updated to reflect the publication of the DSM-5. </P><P></P><P>Craig Stephenson anatomizes Jung¿s concept of possession, reinvesting Jungian psychotherapy with its positive potential for practice. Analogizing the concept ¿ lining it up comparatively beside the history of religion, anthropology, psychiatry, and even drama and film criticism ¿ offers not a naive syncretism, but enlightening possibilities along the borders of these diverse disciplines.</P><P></P><P>An original, wide-ranging exploration of phenomena both ancient and modern, <I>Possession</I> offers a conceptual bridge between psychology and anthropology, challenges psychiatry to culturally contextualize its diagnostic manual, and posits a much more fluid, pluralistic and embodied not