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The Archetypes of Conflict
April 19, 1986 @ 9:30 am - 4:30 pm PST
Life without conflict is inconceivable. The strident clash of opposites goes resounding down the passages of time. Conflict between species, conflict between nations, conflict between generations, conflict between the political left and right, and conflict within the individual psyche-soma: all are subject to the same principles of dynamic opposition, homeostasis and enantiodromia.
The material used Friday and Saturday will examine conflict in the light of biology (Darwin), depth psychology (Freud and Jung), modern neurology and ancient Chinese philosophy. Special consideration will be given to the development of techniques of conflict resolution.
Related Lecture: The Analytical Psychology of War
ANTHONY STEVENS was born in the West of England. He holds a Doctorate of Medicine from Oxford University, an Oxford M.A. in Psychology, and a Diploma in Psychological Medicine from the Royal College of Physicians. He lectures regularly at the C.G. Jung Institute, Zurich, and at other Jungian organizations in Europe and the United States. He is the author of Archetypes: A Natural History of the Self; Withymead: A Jungian Community for the Healing Arts and The Foundations of War. His latest book, On Jung, will be published this spring.