Symbols and Individuation in Global Politics: the Case of Barack Obama - Sonoma Seminar/Zurich Seminar

Synopsis

Two separate seminars analysing global politics from a Jungian perspective. Both were broadcast on 10 September 2010, one from Zurich (AJC 14) and the other from Sonoma State University (AJC14). The DVD seminars can be purchased individually or together.

The 3-hour Zurich seminarAis led by Murray Stein and Bernard Sartorius. They review a broad history of how humankind has engaged it’ perception of reality, from ancient Egypt to modernity. They look at how our current political splits between Islam and the West have developed and led to a stalemate of sorts. Their exploration includes an in-depth
analysis of global leadership and how President Obama has successfully (and unsuccessfully) engaged this arena.

The 2-hour Sonoma seminar is led by Thomas Singer, a Jungian analyst out of the San Fransisco Institute. He looks much more specifically at President Obama and the many unconscious forces working for him and against him. He examines projection on a global level and how entire societies can become gripped in cultural complexes. His seminar is full of powerful images that amplify the intensities of these global complexes. It also includes an excerpt from a soon-to-be-released Australian film on how the United States and President Obama became embroiled in specific unconscious forces.

Language

English

Country

United States

Year of release

2010

Year of production

2010

Subjects

Politics & government; Psychology

Keywords

psychoanalysis; political ideology; Obama, Barack

Credits

Contributor

Bernard Sartorius; Murray Stein; Thomas Singer

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 0 NTSC

Price

$47, $34 or $59 tog ether

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

180, 120 minutes

Year

2010

Distributor

Name

Asheville Jung Center, The

Email

info@ashevillejungcenter.org

Web

http://ashevillejungcenter.org/ External site opens in new window

Notes

DVDs of a continuing series of international live and web-based seminars organised by the Asheville Jung Center from their headquarters in the US. Seminars are arranged on separate themes including Jungian analysis of issues in global politics, Carl Jung’s Red Book that was published in 2009, Dr Murray Stein on the four pillars of psychotherapy, and personality and typology. Sale.