Alchemy of Discourse : Image, Sound & Psyche

Paul Kugler

ISBN 10: 385630617X / ISBN 13: 9783856306175

Published by Daimon Verlag Jan 2002, 2002

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Neuware - The gestural disposition of language, the freight it carries far beyond limits of simplifying 'connotation,' the ground it shares with physical body and world are recognized here with subtle and perceptive intelligence. This work emphasizes Paul Kugler's unique contribution both to his field and to that world of myriad people, who still hear what's said as 'what's said.' - Robert Creeley. In recent years the function of language, narrative and text in psychic life has taken on increasing significance in depth psychology. The Alchemy of Discourse examines language in relation to psychic formation, beginning with the role played by images and words in the onset of subjectivity. Through a careful examination of Jung's early word association experiments coupled with recent developments in Lacanian psychoanalysis, Dr. Kugler offers a re-conceptualization of the origin and function of the Jungian divided subject (ego/self). For those just beginning to explore the role of language in psychic life, The Alchemy of Discourse provides an accessible entry point, with its clear explication of key terms together with their historical and conceptual background. This book will be a valuable resource for psychoanalysts, students and trainees in depth psychology, and for writers, critical theorists, philosophers and historians of ideas.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Alchemy of Discourse : Image, Sound & Psyche
• Publisher: Daimon Verlag Jan 2002
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 385630617X
• ISBN 13: 9783856306175
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 209W x 140H x 10D millimeters 209 millimeters width by 140 millimeters height by 10 millimeters depth
• Weight: 212 grams

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Synopsis

In recent years the function of language, narrative and text in psychic life has taken on increasing significance in depth psychology. The Alchemy of Discourse examines language in relation to psychic formation, beginning with the role played by images and words in the onset of subjectivity. Through a careful examination of Jung's early word association experiments coupled with recent developments in Lacanian psychoanalysis, Dr. Kugler offers a re-conceptualization of the origin and function of the Jungian divided subject (ego/self). For those just beginning to explore the role of language in psychic life, The Alchemy of Discourse provides an accessible entry point, with its clear explication of key terms together with their historical and conceptual background. This book will be a valuable resource for psychoanalysts, students and trainees in depth psychology, and for writers, critical theorists, philosophers and historians of ideas.

About the Author

Paul Kugler is a psychoanalyst in private practice in East Aurora, New York. In the 1970's he received his analytic training at the Jung Institute in Zurich and has taught at the State University of New York at Buffalo. A past president of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, he is the author of numerous publications articulating the interface between Freudian and Jungian psychoanalysis.