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person1980s–present

Henry Abramovitch

Disciplines:
anthropology
israel
jungian psychology
spirituality/ritual

Summary

American-Israeli Jungian analyst and medical anthropologist at Tel Aviv Medical School who writes on ritual, brothers, and the Jungian dimensions of Jewish culture — contributing to the Jungian analysis of religious and cultural anthropology.

Core Contribution

Applies Jungian psychology to cultural anthropology and Jewish religious tradition — exploring the archetypal dimensions of rituals, the psychology of the brother relationship, and the specific contribution of Jewish culture to the Jungian analysis of religious experience.

Notable Works & Achievements

Brothers and Sisters: Myth and Reality

Historical Influences

C.G. Jung Anthropology tradition

Intellectual Lineage

USA and IsraelTel Aviv Medical SchoolJungian training

Contemporaries & Peers

Jungian community

Minds Influenced

Jungian cultural anthropologyIsraeli Jungian communityJungian tradition

Intellectual Posterity

Brothers and SistersJungian anthropology

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