Leanne Whitney

Consciousness in Jung and Patañjali (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

The East-West dialogue increasingly seeks to compare and clarify contrasting views on the nature of consciousness. For the Eastern liberatory models, where a nondual view of consciousness is primary, the challenge lies in articulating how consciousness and the manifold contents of consciousness are singular. Western empirical science, on the other hand, must provide a convincing account of how consciousness arises from matter. By placing the theories of Jung and Patañjali in dialogue with one another, Consciousness in Jung and Patañjali illuminates significant differences between dual and nondual psychological theory and teases apart the essential discernments that theoreticians must make between epistemic states and ontic beliefs.

Patañjali's Classical Yoga, one of the six orthodox Hindu philosophies, is a classic of Eastern and world thought. Patañjali teaches that notions of a separate egoic "I" are little more than forms of mistaken identity that we experience in our attempts to take ownership of consciousness. Carl Jung's depth psychology, which remains deeply influential to psychologists, religious scholars, and artists alike, argues that ego-consciousness developed out of the unconscious over the course of evolution. By exploring the work of key theoreticians from both schools of thought, particularly those whose ideas are derived from an integration of theory and practice, Whitney explores the extent to which the seemingly irremediable split between Jung and Patañjali's ontological beliefs can in fact be reconciled.

This thorough and insightful work will be essential reading for academics, theoreticians, and postgraduate students in the fields of psychology, philosophy of science, and consciousness studies. It will also appeal to those interested in the East-West psychological and philosophical dialogue.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 170
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781315448152
• Artikelnr.: 49062204

Autorenporträt

Dr. Leanne Whitney is an independent scholar in the fields of depth psychology and consciousness studies. She specializes in the intersection of Western psychology and the Eastern liberatory traditions. Dr. Whitney is the author of Consciousness in Jung and Patañjali as well as several academic papers. She earned her MA in statistics from the University of St. Andrews and her PhD in depth psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction 1.Patañjali An Overview of Patañjali
Patañjali on Consciousness/Unconsciousness Patañjali on Mind/Psyche
Patañjali on Ego/Self Patañjali on the Transformation of Human
Consciousness References Notes 2. Jung An Overview of Jung Jung on
Consciousness/Unconsciousness Jung on Mind/Psyche Jung on Ego/Self Jung on
the Transformation of Human Consciousness References 3. Jung and Patañjali
Back-to-Back Jung and Patañjali on Consciousness/Unconciousness Jung and
Patañjali on Mind/Psyche Jung and Patañjali on Ego/Self Jung and Patañjali
on the Transformation of Human Consciousness In Summary References Notes 4.
Jung on Yoga The Teological Function of the Psyche Jung on Yoga: Conclusion
References Notes 5. A Synthesis of Jung and Patañjali The Efficacy of the
Unconscious Validating the Consciousness of the Unconscious References
Notes 6. Conclusion References Afterword