Jung and Star Wars - A Contemporary Mythology

Jung and Star Wars is a comprehensive deep dive, analyzing the Star Wars phenomenon from the perspective of analytical psychology as a living mythology in our time.

Table des matières

Introduction 1. A Synoptic Star Wars: Disney's Best-Laid Plans to Canonize a Living Mythology 2. The Force, Jedi, and Sith in Jungian Terms 3. Yoda: From Green-Man Senex to Divine Child 4. Palpatine: Dark-Side Senex of Absolute Evil 5. Possession by Affect in Anakin Skywalker's Quest for Control 6. "One Destroyed Being": The Splinter Psyche and Redemption of Darth Vader 7. The Transcendent Function and Luke Skywalker's New Ethic of Balance 8. Leia: Archetypal Antiprincess, Huttslayer, Mother 9. The Falconer Can Hear the Wildman: Han Solo's Individuation 10. Reylo: Coniunctio of a Dyad in the Force Epilogue

A propos de l'auteur

S. G. Ellerhoff is an independent scholar who holds a PhD in literature from the School of English at Trinity College Dublin and is a worker-owner and Associate Editor at Tsunami Books & Press. He was a board member of the local nonprofit Eugene Friends of Jung, bringing Jungian psychologists to Oregon to speak and lead workshops several times a year. Recently he started running seminars based on this work, in a series called May the Force be with Jung.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: S.G. Ellerhoff
• Edition: Taylor and Francis
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 29.08.2025
• EAN: 9781041033523
• ISBN: 978-1-041-03352-3
• Pages: 264
• Poids: 453 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Médias, communication > Sciences des médias; History, Media Studies, Popular Culture, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Psychotherapy, Humanities, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Analytical and Jungian psychology, Analytical & Jungian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Jungian