This seminar explores CG Jung’s concept of the Animus within the female psyche, with special attention to the “cultural repression of the manifestation of the Animus” and its role in the individuation process. Along with the recognition of the masculine aspect within the psyche of women —“long before the Women’s Lib movement existed”, as Marie-Louise von Franz points out in The Cat: A Tale of Feminine Redemption— Jung opened a path to understanding individuation, in which awareness of the manifestations of the Animus and the Anima plays an essential role. The Animus exerts a significant influence on a woman’s life, as well as on the inner development through which the personality advances towards greater wholeness and integration.The manifestation of the Animus archetype is shaped by numerous factors: internal, psychic and external. Among them, culture and cultural complexes take on particular importance, although their influence often remains largely unconscious. In this conference, the “repression of the manifestation of the Animus” will be considered as a specific cultural complex characteristic of collectivist cultures. This phenomenon will be examined through stories and legends, including Cinderella and Mulan, and will also be illustrated through a clinical case. the “repression of the manifestation of the Animus” will be considered a specific cultural complex characteristic of collectivist cultures. This phenomenon will be examined through stories and legends, including Cinderella and Mulan, and will also be illustrated through a clinical case. the “repression of the manifestation of the Animus” will be considered a specific cultural complex characteristic of collectivist cultures. This phenomenon will be examined through stories and legends, including Cinderella and Mulan, and will also be illustrated through a clinical case.
english (original) and spanish (simultaneous interpretation)