"If any concept is a core concept in Jung's work, individuation is the core concept." — Sonu Shamdasani
Individuation sits at the heart of Jungian thought. But do contemporary analysts still share Jung's original vision of what it means and where it leads? And can a concept so deeply rooted in Western, Anglo-Eurocentric traditions speak meaningfully to the complexities of today's world? In this talk, Giorgio Tricarico will take on the uncomfortable questions: Why, if individuation is an "innate tendency," did Jung imagine it as an endeavour for the few? How do privilege, coloniality, and individualism shape the very framework we use to think about the self? Rather than offering easy answers, the talk invites us to sit with the friction — and to ask whether individuation, honestly interrogated, can still hold its ground in the current Zeitgeist.