Introduction; Chapter 1: Law & Order meets Freud & Jung: The Trials of Analysis; Chapter 2: Before the Bar of the Notion; Chaper 3: Speculative Judgement; Chapter 4: From Onslaught to the Witness Box; Repercussions of the Truth: Psychology as Counsel for the Defence; Chapter 5: Criminality and Psychology; Chapter 6: Psychology's Dream of the Courtroom: In the Light of the Logic of Crime; Chapter 7: Crime and Truth; Chapter 8: Once More the Shine on Binder's Head; In Lieu of an Afterword; Index
Greg Mogenson is a registered psychotherapist and Jungian psychoanalyst practicing in London, Ontario, Canada.
‘Like a good crime lawyer, Mogenson picks up on a clue from C. G.
Jung and follows its lead to the prosecution of his case. Jung had
compared psychotherapy to ‘an endless inner trial’. Further to
this, Mogenson notes that since the beginning of psychoanalysis
therapists have often been called upon by lawyers to give evidence
concerning the mental status of accused persons. But the invitation
of Jung’s clue is to reverse this process and look for
contributions that the law has made to the work of analysts and
patients. The book cites Freud’s and Jung’s extensive use of the
legal metaphor. It also tells us about the invoking of the
courtroom analogy by patients and therapists. Psychotherapy is
presented as a bringing of ego to justice, that is, to the truth of
soul. All of this makes for fascinating reading – like a crime
novel! In several senses of the phrase: psychology is on trial. –
David L. Miller, Watson-Ledden Professor Emeritus, Syracuse
University ‘What is the nature and truth of psychology? Addressing
this question, Mogenson seeks to restore to psychology its nature
as the logos of the soul. Through the mediating notions of the
"dream of the courtroom" and criminality – to which, both literally
and metaphorically, Freud and Jung referred – he reflects
psychology back into itself, into its essence. Carrying forward the
results of this reflection, he then prosecutes the insipid "pop"
psychologists that confuse emotionalism for soul, as well as
occasions when Freud and Jung failed to live up to their own
profound insights. With subtlety of mind, he proves himself well up
to thinking through to the dialectical truth of psychology and the
soul’s uroboric self-relation and self-reflection.’ – Michael Whan,
Jungian psychoanalyst and author‘In this original, challenging, and
masterful work, Mogenson reaches into the depths of his imaginal
life. Following Jung and Giegerich – but perhaps more importantly,
an inner figure stimulated by the prosecutor Jack McCoy, from the
TV series Law & Order – he puts psychology on trial for
perpetrating a logos-less conception of man that does not do
justice to truth. Challenged in this way to take its own use of the
language of the law seriously, psychology is brought back to itself
to restore justice, human dignity, and the integrity of the soul.
Mogenson is the real McCoy.’ – Stanton Marlan, Jungian
psychoanalyst and author‘It is truly astounding to learn from the
wealth of examples that Mogenson unearthed how frequently and
poignantly the psychological mind has been informed by the
courtroom metaphor. And it is fascinating to see how his
psychological intelligence manages to overcome the innocence of the
usual clear-cut opposition of "criminal" and "judge" and to exhaust
the speculative potential of each of the many aspects of this rich
metaphor. Above all, we see how his in-depth comprehension of
psychology’s dreaming of "the law" makes psychology come home to
itself. Mogenson’s book is not only "about" psychology. From the
beginning to the end it is itself psychology in action and thus can
serve as a kind of practical training course for both intelligent
beginners and experienced psychologists.’ – Wolfgang Giegerich,
Jungian psychoanalyst and author‘A masterly indictment of
psychology’s having given up on itself as a discipline of truth and
mutated into the personalistic therapy that is generally practiced
today. Mogenson’s witnesses against this trend include Plato,
Hegel, Goethe, Nietzsche, Kafka, Heidegger, Freud, Jung, Giegerich,
Girard, and Žižek. The book brilliantly prosecutes its case by
correlating the speculative logic of psychology and the law. It is
essential reading for practitioners of those disciplines as well as
for thinking readers from every walk of life.’ – Ann Casement,
Licensed Psychoanalyst and Fellow of the Royal Anthropological
Institute
‘Like a good crime lawyer, Mogenson picks up on a clue from C. G.
Jung and follows its lead to the prosecution of his case. Jung had
compared psychotherapy to ‘an endless inner trial’. Further to
this, Mogenson notes that since the beginning of psychoanalysis
therapists have often been called upon by lawyers to give evidence
concerning the mental status of accused persons. But the invitation
of Jung’s clue is to reverse this process and look for
contributions that the law has made to the work of analysts and
patients. The book cites Freud’s and Jung’s extensive use of the
legal metaphor. It also tells us about the invoking of the
courtroom analogy by patients and therapists. Psychotherapy is
presented as a bringing of ego to justice, that is, to the truth of
soul. All of this makes for fascinating reading – like a crime
novel! In several senses of the phrase: psychology is on trial.' –
David L. Miller, Watson-Ledden Professor Emeritus, Syracuse
University ‘What is the nature and truth of psychology? Addressing
this question, Mogenson seeks to restore to psychology its nature
as the logos of the soul. Through the mediating notions of the
"dream of the courtroom" and criminality – to which, both literally
and metaphorically, Freud and Jung referred – he reflects
psychology back into itself, into its essence. Carrying forward the
results of this reflection, he then prosecutes the insipid "pop"
psychologists that confuse emotionalism for soul, as well as
occasions when Freud and Jung failed to live up to their own
profound insights. With subtlety of mind, he proves himself well up
to thinking through to the dialectical truth of psychology and the
soul’s uroboric self-relation and self-reflection.’ – Michael Whan,
Jungian psychoanalyst and author‘In this original, challenging, and
masterful work, Mogenson reaches into the depths of his imaginal
life. Following Jung and Giegerich – but perhaps more importantly,
an inner figure stimulated by the prosecutor Jack McCoy, from the
TV series Law & Order – he puts psychology on trial for
perpetrating a logos-less conception of man that does not do
justice to truth. Challenged in this way to take its own use of the
language of the law seriously, psychology is brought back to itself
to restore justice, human dignity, and the integrity of the soul.
Mogenson is the real McCoy.’ – Stanton Marlan, Jungian
psychoanalyst and author‘It is truly astounding to learn from the
wealth of examples that Mogenson unearthed how frequently and
poignantly the psychological mind has been informed by the
courtroom metaphor. And it is fascinating to see how his
psychological intelligence manages to overcome the innocence of the
usual clear-cut opposition of "criminal" and "judge" and to exhaust
the speculative potential of each of the many aspects of this rich
metaphor. Above all, we see how his in-depth comprehension of
psychology’s dreaming of "the law" makes psychology come home to
itself. Mogenson’s book is not only "about" psychology. From the
beginning to the end it is itself psychology in action and thus can
serve as a kind of practical training course for both intelligent
beginners and experienced psychologists.’ – Wolfgang Giegerich,
Jungian psychoanalyst and author‘A masterly indictment of
psychology’s having given up on itself as a discipline of truth and
mutated into the personalistic therapy that is generally practiced
today. Mogenson’s witnesses against this trend include Plato,
Hegel, Goethe, Nietzsche, Kafka, Heidegger, Freud, Jung, Giegerich,
Girard, and Žižek. The book brilliantly prosecutes its case by
correlating the speculative logic of psychology and the law. It is
essential reading for practitioners of those disciplines as well as
for thinking readers from every walk of life.’ – Ann Casement,
Licensed Psychoanalyst and Fellow of the Royal Anthropological
Institute
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