Psychology in House M.D.Psychology in House M.D. (book)

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This essay is about psychological issues that are prominent in the famous U.S medical drama, ‘House M.D.’ House is an intelligent and entertaining show, reflected in its rise to top of the league concerning worldwide viewing figures. In this paper I do not claim to ‘add’ anything to the phenomena of House M.D. Rather, as the title of this essay makes clear, I am trying to highlight psychology in House M.D. With this in mind we will be taking a look at issues concerning the Persona and the Unconscious. We will clarify the perspective House takes on these issues and analyze whether his position is sensible or otherwise. Consistent with the show I do not want this paper to be just intelligent or just entertaining - - - I strive to make it both! House reflects smart life, entertaining life. A typical episode of House is intelligent, funny, philosophical, serious and medical. It turns from one to the other. I hope that I can reflect some of the spirit of the show in this paper. (wordcount: 4285)

Ego-Identity: A Post-Jungian PerspectiveEgo-Identity: A Post-Jungian Perspective (book)

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Abstract I explain how I use Jungian terms and concepts, namely ego, consciousness, Self, subject, object, unconscious, identification/identity. I take a relatively developmental perspective and argue that ego and culture are key to modern psychology and that they are inextricably linked. wordcount: 3097

Critical Jungian StudiesCritical Jungian Studies (book)

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ABSTRACT: Jung’s work is looked into, as are the positions of contemporary Jungians. A Critical approach to Jungian Studies is then adopted. Emphasis is placed on ‘thinking’, ‘evidence’ and justifying psychological concepts by applying them to worldly phenomena that serves to both illuminate insights concerning the worldly phenomena in-question and the psychology itself. Psychology is contextualized within Thomas Kuhn’s paradigms and Jungian Studies is encouraged to concentrate on one subject at a time in order to have focus… and so that those outside the field are clear about what it is that Jungian studies actually studies and specializes in. This equates to the approach of Critical Jungian Studies even if the Classical, Developmental and Archetypal schools of Jungian analytical psychology continue as before. wordcount: 13,699

The Singularitarian SelfThe Singularitarian Self (book)

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A Jungian developmental approach to subject/object dynamics is adopted arguing that humanity has progressed from unconscious participation mystique to differentiated ego consciousness:i.e. to the subject-object split.The latter occurred with the advent of the scientific revolution.From then until now the collective has experienced differentiation from the world but this has been accompanied with ego anxiety. Hence science has been regarded as not necessarily at the service of psychological health as it negates religiosity and replaces it with nothing.However the Singularity as expressed by Kurzweil heralds a time of exponential technological growth which includes medical science within its domain.Technology will be everywhere including within our bodies.As technology extends our reach we progress from differentiated anxious egos to a larger Self.This completes the Jungian developmental approach albeit the 'Self' expressed here is the 'Singularitarian Self' as its technology that completes the human.8,125words

COLLECTED ESSAYS 2008COLLECTED ESSAYS 2008 (book)

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35,000 WORDS: Preface [In 2008] I considered a lot of things… Is psychology scientific? [...] I considered ego inflation, grandiosity, [...] ego states [...] All of these were applied to myself. The Jungian world was checked by my own experiences and my own experiences were critiqued using psychological terms [...] I took the Jungian world as my teachers. This helped in the end but at first it was problematic [...] because they dont all think alike. [...] I was being genuine and one thing remained the same from start to finish [...] health was the motivation [...] The classical Jungians will say I was on a holy grail quest! [...] At first every time I completed an essay I was [...] uneasy about my work. And I [...] accused myself of something. [e.g] Neurotic Attachment [...] I bring attachment in to my later 2008 essays. The ego's link to outer objects determines someones health [...] If one [...] attaches then one pays the price for being possessed. They can inflate or dissociate – and one is never free.