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The vision thing: Myth, politics and psyche in the world
October 13, 2000 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm PDT
George Bush, the elder, did not have in mind the fundamental interconnectedness of myth, politics and psyche when he inadvertently coined the phrase “the vision thing.” Yet, the very awkwardness of Bush’s phrase points to the inherent tension between the real and the visionary between the conscious and unconscious. Indeed, the “vision thing” problem is at the heart of ongoing paradoxes in our individual and collective lives and in our mythological and political orientations. This lecture will explore the “vision thing” through examples from contemporary American and international political conflicts.
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Thomas Singer, M.D., is a psychiatrist and Jungian psychoanalyst based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Trained at Yale Medical School, Dartmouth Medical School, and the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, he writes and lectures internationally on symbolism and cultural complexes. Singer has edited a multivolume series mapping cultural complexes across regions, including Australia, Latin America, Europe, the United States, and East Asia. He has also co-edited works exploring myth, city life, and the contemporary psyche. He is closely connected with ARAS, the Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism, and has been a prominent voice linking collective imagery to psychological life. His new book is A Field Guide to American Cultural Complexes: The Battleground of the Splintered American Psyche.
