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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Some light pencil annotations. Softcover. English. See images for condition.

About the book >.>.> Masculinity is discussed by contemporary authors either in socio- political terms or in popular writing that concentrates on Jungian mythopoetics and spirituality. The outward-looking sociological standpoint ignores the spiritual view; the inward-looking spiritual tradition disregards historical context and the conditioning of society. In Remaking Men: Jung Spirituality and Social Change David Tacey achieves a new synthesis of these two traditions examining his own and other men’s experience with both spiritual and political insight. He is critical of the way popular conservative discourse on masculinity has appropriated and distorted Jungian psychology and believes that political antisexist and historical considerations should be brought into discussions about the inner world. From this radical standpoint Tacey addresses such topics as father-absence homoerotic desire and the dilemmas of feminine men the autobiographical element adding sensibihty to his schol- arly and engaging discourse. This is a captivating treatment of masculinity that will break new ground for the men’s movement. David J. Tacey teaches Jungian and Psychoanalytic Studies at La Trobe University Melbourne where he is also Senior Lecturer in Literature. He is the author of Patrick White Fiction and the Unconscious (1988) Edge of the Sacred Transformation in Australia (1995) and numerous essays and articles on Jungian thought cultural studies and men’s issues. (LL)