Intergenerational Complexes in Analytical Psychology: The Suffering of Ghosts draws attention to human suffering, and how it relates to unacknowledged and unrecognized traumatic cultural histories that continue to haunt us in the present. It considers the impact of intergenerational traumas on the cultural unconscious, with its multiple group dynamics, identities, conflicts and polarizations. Samuel L. Kimbles demonstrates the many ways that our internal lives are organized and patterned by cultural complexes, and how individual experiences are narrated by archetypal story formations, or 'phantom narratives'. This book presents examples of this phenomenon in the context of both cultural and natural catastrophes, as well as expressions of uncanny phenomena, with a particular focus on the experiences of Black people. Kimbles explains how these emotional dynamics can constitute transitional spaces or holding containers, allowing psychological work with these issues at both individual and group levels, and offering opportunities for healing. Intergenerational Complexes in Analytical Psychology will be essential reading for analytical psychologists, Jungian psychotherapists, and other professionals seeking to understand the impact of intergenerational trauma on individuals and groups. It will also be relevant to the work of academics and scholars of Jungian studies, sociology, trauma studies, politics, and social justice.

Book Information
ISBN 9780367513221
Author Samuel L. Kimbles
Format Hardback
Page Count 136
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 138g