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Papers by Giovanni Colacicchi
Psychology as Ethics, 2020
Psychodynamic Practice
This book of expert essays explores the concept of the whole as it operates within the psychology... more This book of expert essays explores the concept of the whole as it operates within the psychology of Jung, the philosophy of Deleuze, and selected areas of wider twentieth-century Western culture, which provided the context within which these two seminal thinkers worked. Addressing this topic from a variety of perspectives and disciplines and with an eye to contemporary social, political, and environmental crises, the contributors aim to clarify some of the epistemological and ethical issues surrounding attempts, such as those of Jung and Deleuze, to think in terms of the whole, whether the whole in question is a particular bounded system (such as an organism, person, society, or ecosystem) or, most broadly, reality as a whole.
Jung Journal, 2019
Jung’s Ethics: Moral Psychology and His Cure of Souls by Dan Merkur is the late scholar’s compell... more Jung’s Ethics: Moral Psychology and His Cure of Souls by Dan Merkur is the late scholar’s compelling journey into Jung’s psychology, worldview, and methods. Merkur, who sees Jung through a psychoanalytic lens, conducts an open-minded inquiry into many of Jung’s ethically relevant theoretical and clinical discoveries, including the phenomenon of “neurotic denial of guilt” and the thesis of the inborn foundations of morality. Although these ideas diverged from Freud’s conceptions, they also anticipated many future developments in psychoanalysis. The possibility of a convergence between the ethical views of Freud and Jung, via a critical comparison with Nietzsche, is also considered.
Despite Jung’s frequent claims that one’s moral and ethical stance play an important role both in... more Despite Jung’s frequent claims that one’s moral and ethical stance play an important role both in the development and in the cure of neurosis, Jung’s ethical position had not been subjected to a critical assessment and the main sources of his ethical outlook had not been investigated. I take my point of departure in Jung’s definition of ethics as involving both consciousness and the unconscious. In the first chapter, Kant’s argument for the primacy of practical reason is shown to ground Jung’s conviction of the decisive freedom of the ego. Jung’s insistence on the importance of the moral development of both patient and therapist is also related to Kant’s call for moral independence. Having elucidated Jung’s understanding of conflicts of duty – the existence of which was denied by Kant – I discuss Jung’s Nietzschean legacy. I argue that Jung derives the crucial distinction between ethics and morality from Nietzsche, as well as the idea that ethics must consider the irrational and uni...
International Journal of Jungian Studies
Psychology as Ethics, 2020
Psychodynamic Practice
This book of expert essays explores the concept of the whole as it operates within the psychology... more This book of expert essays explores the concept of the whole as it operates within the psychology of Jung, the philosophy of Deleuze, and selected areas of wider twentieth-century Western culture, which provided the context within which these two seminal thinkers worked. Addressing this topic from a variety of perspectives and disciplines and with an eye to contemporary social, political, and environmental crises, the contributors aim to clarify some of the epistemological and ethical issues surrounding attempts, such as those of Jung and Deleuze, to think in terms of the whole, whether the whole in question is a particular bounded system (such as an organism, person, society, or ecosystem) or, most broadly, reality as a whole.
Jung Journal, 2019
Jung’s Ethics: Moral Psychology and His Cure of Souls by Dan Merkur is the late scholar’s compell... more Jung’s Ethics: Moral Psychology and His Cure of Souls by Dan Merkur is the late scholar’s compelling journey into Jung’s psychology, worldview, and methods. Merkur, who sees Jung through a psychoanalytic lens, conducts an open-minded inquiry into many of Jung’s ethically relevant theoretical and clinical discoveries, including the phenomenon of “neurotic denial of guilt” and the thesis of the inborn foundations of morality. Although these ideas diverged from Freud’s conceptions, they also anticipated many future developments in psychoanalysis. The possibility of a convergence between the ethical views of Freud and Jung, via a critical comparison with Nietzsche, is also considered.
Despite Jung’s frequent claims that one’s moral and ethical stance play an important role both in... more Despite Jung’s frequent claims that one’s moral and ethical stance play an important role both in the development and in the cure of neurosis, Jung’s ethical position had not been subjected to a critical assessment and the main sources of his ethical outlook had not been investigated. I take my point of departure in Jung’s definition of ethics as involving both consciousness and the unconscious. In the first chapter, Kant’s argument for the primacy of practical reason is shown to ground Jung’s conviction of the decisive freedom of the ego. Jung’s insistence on the importance of the moral development of both patient and therapist is also related to Kant’s call for moral independence. Having elucidated Jung’s understanding of conflicts of duty – the existence of which was denied by Kant – I discuss Jung’s Nietzschean legacy. I argue that Jung derives the crucial distinction between ethics and morality from Nietzsche, as well as the idea that ethics must consider the irrational and uni...
International Journal of Jungian Studies