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Diffusing the Clash of Otherness in Projective and Complex-Discharging Fields

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The spirit of democracy cannot be imposed from without. It has to come from within.

Mohandas K. Gandhi.

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Given the frequent tendencies of our institutional structures to undergo splitting, how does analytical psychology give us some pointers in knowing how to diffuse the “complex-discharging-fields” generated by such, often unconscious, conflicts? How does a Jungian understanding help with suffering the shadow in one’s self, become more conscious, explore the places of self-doubt and self-loathing which trigger or are triggered by the shadow projections of others? Can we learn to dis-identify from the “identities” projected onto us by others while, at the same time, withdrawing our projections onto them? Can we honor the democracy of the psyche?

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  1. C.G. Jung Foundation of New York, 250 West 57th Street Suite 501, New York, NY, 10019, USA

    Kathryn C. Madden

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This article is based on a paper presented at the XVIII the International Congress for Analytical Psychology in Montreal, August, 2010.

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Madden, K.C. Diffusing the Clash of Otherness in Projective and Complex-Discharging Fields. J Relig Health 50, 543–549 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-011-9522-4

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