Absolute Freedom: Individuation and Individualization in Second-Late-Modern Societies Author Spotlight with Stefano Carpani in Conversation with Glen Slater and Peter Dunlap
December 4, 2024
Free | Offered Live via Zoom
Program Description
Absolute freedom is understood by Carpani as psychic and social freedom from the influences of authorities. Within this book, the fields of analytical psychology and sociology combine to examine and explore current social theory and the concept that the author has termed ‘absolute freedom’.
This work serves as a vital contribution to contemporary social and psychoanalytic research, unveiling the intricacies of psychological and social dynamics in our current epoch. Stefano Carpani explores the intersection of psychology and sociology, providing a fresh perspective beyond conventional boundaries. It conducts a comparative analysis of C. G. Jung’s individuation process and Ulrich Beck’s individualization theory, presenting the groundbreaking ‘I+I’ synthesis. This latter concept acts as a linchpin in deciphering self-identity narratives in the 21st century’s dynamic landscape, before the author introduces the concept of absolute freedom, contextualizing it within the multifaceted complexities of contemporary second-late-modern existence.
Endorsements:
‘Carpani has single handedly established an I-thou relationship between the work of Jung and Beck that is a major breakthrough and achievement for both traditions in the notion of “relational psychosocial studies.’ Thomas Singer, Psychiatrist and Jungian Psychoanalyst, USA
‘In this much-needed commentary on individuation and individualisation, Stefano Carpani has clarified the theoretical and clinical issues surrounding Jung’s and Jungians’ use of individuation as the ideal goal of human development.’ Polly Young-Eisendrath, Author, Jungian Psychoanalyst, and Zen Buddhist, USA
‘Carpani has emerged as a leading figure among a new generation of Jungian analysts and theoreticians. His Individuation, Individualization, and Absolute Freedom stands as a singular contribution to the growing sense of Jung’s significance in the 21st Century.’ George B. Hogenson, Jungian Psychoanalyst, past-vice-president IAAP, USA
‘Absolute freedom understood by Carpani as psychic and social freedom from the influences of authorities – in individual psychologically understood as freedom from the constellated complexes. By presenting a clinical case Carpani shows himself as a clinician who builds a bridge from his work as a clinician to his theory ‘I+I’. Verena Kast, Jungian Psychoanalyst and past-president IAAP and the CGJIZ, CH
Program Details
Dates
December 4, 2024, 12-1pm PT
Author Spotlight with Stefano Carpani in conversation with Glen Slater and Peter Dunlap
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- Free
About the Teachers
Stefano Carpani, Ph.D., psychoanalyst and sociologist (member and lecturer of the C.G. Jung Institute Zürich, and University of Cambridge, respectively). He initiated the YouTube series Breakfast at Küsnacht, Lockdown Therapy and War as Reset, co-created Psychosocial Wednesdays and currently chairs it, curates Jungianeum: Initiatives for Contemporary Analytical Psychology and neo-Jungian Studies, the book series titled Re-covered Classics in Analytical psychology and JUNGIANEUM/Yearbook.
Dr. Peter Dunlap is a psychologist, core faculty, and co-chair of Pacific’s clinical psychology program. Dr. Dunlap is part of the Pacifica initiative to bring depth psychology more fully into the world to respond to the critical questions of our time. His research and teaching integrate clinical practice and community engagement. In his work he asks, “How do we become the people called for by our time?” And, in framing the issue in this manner he is learning about extending what works in clinical practice into our communities through the cultivation of a public emotional intelligence.
Glen Slater, Ph.D., was born and raised in Australia. He moved to the United States in 1992 to study Jungian psychology. He has degrees in Religious Studies and Clinical Psychology and has taught for over 25 years at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California, where he is Co-Chair of the Jungian and Archetypal Studies Program. He has written extensively for Jungian publications and edited the third volume of James Hillman’s Uniform Edition, Senex and Puer, as well as the essay collection, Varieties of Mythic Experience. He writes on Jung and film, the psychology of religion, and depth psychology and technology. His long-awaited book, Jung vs. Borg: Finding the Deeply Human in a Posthuman Age, was recently published in January 2024.
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Registration Details
December 4, 2024
- Number of Classes: 1 Class
- Class Length: 1 hour
- Class Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM PT
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