The Fantasy Principle: Psychoanalysis of the Imagination by Michael Vannoy Adams

Description: The Fantasy Principle by Michael Vannoy Adams Radically affirms the centrality of imagination, and challenges us to exercise and explore the imagination, showing us how to value vitally important images that emerge from the unconscious, how to evoke such images and how to engage them decisively. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Contemporary psychoanalysis needs less reality and more fantasy; what Michael Vannoy Adams calls the fantasy principle. The Fantasy Principle radically affirms the centrality of imagination. It challenges us to exercise and explore the imagination, shows us how to value vitally important images that emerge from the unconscious, how to evoke such images, and how to engage them decisively. It shows us how to apply Jungian techniques to interpret images accurately and to experience images immediately and intimately through what Jung calls active imagination. The Fantasy Principle makes a strong case for a new school of psychoanalysis - the school of imaginal psychology - which emphasizes the transformative impact of images. All those who desire to give individuals an opportunity to become more imaginative will find this book fascinating reading. Author Biography Michael Vannoy Adams Table of Contents Preface. The Fantasy Principle: Imaginal Psychology and the Dethroning of Mr. Reality. Compensation in the Service of Individuation; Phenomenological Essentialism and Jungian Dream Interpretation. Jungian Post-Structural Theory: Structures versus Constructs. Concepts versus Images. Mythological Knowledge: Just How Important is It in Jungian (and Freudian) Analysis?. The Womanning of Schreber: Catastrophe, Creation, and the Mythopoeic Forces of Mankind. Dreaming of the Ku Klux Klan: Race, History, and Culture in Psychoanalysis. Jung, Africa, and the Geopathology of Europe: Psychic Place and Displacement, Refathering Psychoanalysis. Deliteralizing Hillman: Imaginal Therapy, Individual and Cultural. A Baby Is Being Eaten: A Case of Cannibalistic Malpractice and Suicide. The Importance of Being Blasphemous: Profanation versus Resacralization. References. Review "Michael Vannoy Adams moves the field of psychoanalysis into the 21st century by turning the clock back to the main discovery of Freud and Jung: fantasy rules the psyche. "The Fantasy Principle is a major serious researched work and yet a book of imagination and humor. It is also a book aimed beyond professional therapists, engaging everyone who is, will be, or has been in therapy.."-James Hillman Long Description Contemporary psychoanalysis needs less reality and more fantasy; what Michael Vannoy Adams calls the "fantasy principle." "The Fantasy Principle "radically affirms the centrality of imagination. It challenges us to exercise and explore the imagination, shows us how to value vitally important images that emerge from the unconscious, how to evoke such images, and how to engage them decisively. It shows readers how to apply Jungian techniques to interpret images accurately and to experience images immediately and intimately through what Jung calls "active imagination." "The Fantasy Principle "makes a strong case for a new school of psychoanalysis - the school of "imaginal psychology" - which emphasizes the transformative impact of images. All those who desire to give individuals an opportunity to become more imaginative will find this book fascinating reading. Review Quote "Michael Vannoy Adams moves the field of psychoanalysis into the 21st century by turning the clock back to the main discovery of Freud and Jung: fantasy rules the psyche. "The Fantasy Principle is a major serious researched work and yet a book of imagination and humor. It is also a book aimed beyond professional therapists, engaging everyone who is, will be, or has been in therapy.." -James Hillman Details ISBN1583918191 Author Michael Vannoy Adams Short Title FANTASY PRINCIPLE Language English ISBN-10 1583918191 ISBN-13 9781583918197 Media Book Format Paperback Illustrations Yes Year 2004 Imprint Brunner-Routledge Subtitle Psychoanalysis of the Imagination Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edition 1st Birth 1947 DOI 10.1604/9781583918197 UK Release Date 2004-03-18 AU Release Date 2004-03-18 NZ Release Date 2004-03-18 Pages 268 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Publication Date 2004-03-18 Alternative 9781583918180 DEWEY 150.1954 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:135425329;

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