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Jung Journal
Culture & Psyche
Volume 5, 2011 - Issue 2
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Thinking “Murder”

Following the Trail of Psychology’s Uroboric Knowing of Itself in No Country for Old Men

Pages 71-83 | Published online: 01 Feb 2013
 

Abstract

Of the many trajectories that analytical psychology has taken since the death of C G. Jung, one of the most compelling has been dialectical psychology as developed by Wolfgang Giegerich. Between Jung and Giegerich lies their natural link, the archetypal psychology of James Hillman. Although each thinker s work unapologetically carries the root metaphor of soul, each has also ‘murdered’ his predecessor's theoretical stance in the act of carrying it forward. This archetypal phenomenon, which reflects the soul's uroboric nature, is here brought into focus through an examination of the 2007 film, No Country for Old Men by Ethan and Joel Coen and Frazer's Golden Bough.

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