Jung’s Concept of the Animus

with Lucille Klein, MA, NCPsyA

With the current debate over the nature and content of gender, Jung’s concepts of the anima/animus are being re-examined and, in some cases, reformulated or even discarded as a means of conceptualizing psychological life. It was recorded in 1989.

This lecture is part of the set Views of the Animus, which includes the following lectures:

1. Jung’s Concept of the Animus – Lucille Klein
2. Animus Images in Dreams, Myths, and Fairytales – Lois Khan
3. Female Authority: Stages of Animus Development – Florence Wiedemann and Polly Young-Eisendrath
4. Animus as Servant to the Self – Caroline Stevens
5. Animus: A Non-Gender Perspective – Cathy Rives

The diagram below is referenced in this talk:

Lucille Klein, MA, NCPsyA is a retired Jungian analyst in Matteson, Illinois. Her essay on “The Goose Girl” appears in Psyche’s Stories, vol 2: Modern Jungian Interpretations of Fairy Tales.

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