What Has Become of the Animus?

Abstract

Against the background of Barbara Hannah's classical explication of the theory and phenomenology of the animus, The Animus: The Spirit of Inner Truth in Women, this review reflects on sociocultural factors that may have influenced a shift in the way the animus archetype is expressed in contemporary women.

Keywords:

• animus
• animus possession
• demonic possession
• C. G. Jung
• Jungian psychology
• women's psychology
• women's relation to the masculine