John Beebe, M.D. | Connecting with Culture through Psychological Types | 2018 Bollingen Lecture

C.G. Jung Association of Central Ohio's 2018 Bollingen Lecture: Connecting with Culture through Psychological Types by Jungian analyst John Beebe, M.D.

LECTURE:

C.G. Jung’s theory of psychological type offers us tremendous insight, yet people who are identical in type may still approach the world with very different attitudes and assumptions. How we make sense of the world involves emotional investments and intellectual frameworks that tie to, but also go beyond, type. Joseph Henderson, a co-author, with Jung, of Man and His Symbols (https://amzn.to/3IG7JAv), observed that different people apply different cultural values as they engage with the world around them. He called these the social attitude, the religious attitude, the philosophical attitude, the aesthetic attitude, and, a relative latecomer, the psychological attitude. Using illustrative clips from recent and classic films, John Beebe will lead us in exploring these orientations toward what is offered already by our culture. Participants will take away a new way of observing and understanding themselves and others.

WORKSHOP:

In this workshop, we’ll look at our cultural attitudes in depth and explore how they impact our lives and relationships. We’ll also look at the interplay between psychological type and cultural attitudes. Dr. Beebe will lead us in investigating the implications of the cultural attitudes for therapy. We’ll also consider whether it is possible or desirable to try to develop the attitudes that we do not naturally prefer.

JOHN BEEBE, M.D.:

Dr. Beebe, a physician specializing in psychotherapy, is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a past president of the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco. He is the author of Integrity in Depth (https://amzn.to/3MP5SIr), editor of C.G. Jung’s Aspects of the Masculine (http://amzn.to/1PFZTD7), and co-author of The Presence of the Feminine in Film (https://amzn.to/3LrkPzP). He is the founding editor of The San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal (now titled Jung Journal: Culture & Psyche) and was the first American co-editor of the London-based Journal of Analytical Psychology. An international lecturer, he is widely known for his work on psychological types, the psychology of moral process, and the Jungian understanding of film. His most recent book is Energies & Patterns in Psychological Type: The Reservoir of Consciousness (2016, Routledge) – https://amzn.to/3EXcgdK

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FILM EXAMPLES:

Religious: The Wrong Man (1956), Ch. 27

Aesthetic: What Maisie Knew (2013), Ch. 6; M. Hulot’s Holiday (1953), Ch. 20

Social: Milk (2008), Ch. 4-6

Philosophical: Boyhood (2014), Ch. 1, 16

Psychological: Father of the Bride (1950), Ch. 19-20

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BIBLIOGRAPHY (Affiliate Links):

Henderson, Joseph. Cultural Attitudes in Psychological Perspective (1994, Inner City Books) – https://amzn.to/3K7HjHo

Henderson, Joseph. "The Origins of a Theory of Cultural Attitudes," in Shadow and Self (1990, Chiron) – https://amzn.to/46RT9iZ

Jung, C.G. Psychological Types (Baynes/Hull trans., 1971, Princeton University Press) – http://amzn.to/1hc9Co9

Jung, C.G. Memories, Dreams, Reflections (Winston trans., 1963, Pantheon Books) – http://amzn.to/1LWkBh2

O’Donohue, John. Beauty: The Invisible Embrace (2003, Harper) – https://amzn.to/3Oo7Fru

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Recorded by Gus Brunsman, Copyright 2018. Uploaded with permission.

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Contact: 614-291-8050 | [email protected]

Special thanks to Ethan Finley and Linda Meadows

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