Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 272 pages
- Published by: Routledge
- Edition: 1st Edition June 14, 2002
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0415217946
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0415217941
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Book Dimensions:
9 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 1 pounds
Product Description
The intersection of East and West is a vital one on many levels. The efforts to integrate Buddhism and its therapeutic ancestors to the Western ideas of Jungian Psychology have been particularly fruitful. Taking Japanese Zen-Buddhism as its starting point,
Awakening and Insight is a collection of critiques and histories of Buddhism from a psychological perspective.
Based on accounts of the Buddhism and Depth Psychology conference that took place in Kyoto in 1999, this volume serves to unite the cousins of Eastern religion and Western thought. Featuring a new translation of the historic conversation between Schinichi Hisamatsu and Carl Jung which took place in 1958,
Awakening and Insight will be of great interest to anyone interested in Psychology and Buddhism.
About The Author
Polly Young-Eisendrath is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Vermont Medical College and a psychologist and Jungian analyst practicing in central Vermont, USA.
Shoju Muramoto is Professor of Foreign Studies at Kobe City University in Kobe, Japan, and a psychologist.
Reader Reviews
Buddhism and psychology have recently gained increasing interest for their intriguing similarities about the human mind, growth, inner healing, and creativity. In this stimulating book, the editors offer a variety of provocative essays. I found the discussions about Jungian psychology and its relevance to Buddhism today to be particularly interesting. Strongly recommended.
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