Jung's Contribution to an Ecological Psychology: Understanding the Psychic Roots of Environmental Issues by Jeremy D. Yunt

Swiss psychiatrist C.G. Jung's depth psychology provides a relevant framework for understanding and dealing with the psychic roots of the modern world's ecological problems. Using the concepts of archetypes, the collective unconscious, repression, archaic consciousness, personal and collective shadows, and individuation, this book demonstrates how each has implications for the advancement of an ecopsychological approach to the psyche and our understanding of the world and our place in it. Perhaps most importantly, the book exemplifies how Jung's psychology allows us to envision the interpenetration of psyche, nature, and spirit, thus bridging the modern epistemological gap that has developed between them.