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The Soul's Logical Life

Disciplines:
psychology
jungian analysis

Summary

Wolfgang Giegerich's account of psychology as the soul's self-expression through logical forms — arguing that analytical psychology must think dialectically rather than symbolically.

Core Contribution

Dialectical psychology: Giegerich argues that Jung's symbolic approach remains in imagination rather than moving to the logical-conceptual level at which the soul actually operates. The soul's logical life: the psyche expresses itself not in images but in the logical structure of cultural forms. A systematic critique of post-Jungian imaginal psychology (Hillman) in favor of a Hegelian dialectical approach.

Historical Influences

C.G. Jung G.W.F. Hegel

Intellectual Lineage

Analytical Psychology Hegelian Philosophy

Allied Works

Neurosis: The Logic of a Metaphysical Illness Technology and the Soul

Contemporaries & Peers

NeurosisThe Soul in Anguish

Minds Influenced

Jungian Psychology

Intellectual Posterity

Jungian Psychology Dialectical Psychology

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