Vulnerability and incorruptibility

Polipo, Niccolò Fiorentino

doi:10.4324/9780429323072-19

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“…(Jung, 1916(Jung, /1957. In a previous paper, I reformulated this question in terms of virtues (Polipo, 2020). The notion of "virtue", in fact, refers to a disposition of consciousness that, if maintained over time, is supposed to lead to optimal development.…”

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“…Although this solution may be regarded as particularly common during youth, it is worth reminding that it can be undertaken at any stage of life. Elsewhere, I have used the novel Damage (Hart, 1991) to illustrate the consequences that such an excess of "corruptibility" can have also for a middle-aged and married man (Polipo, 2020). Furthermore, what I call the concretistic-literal solution tends to be seen as the one preluding to the worst consequences.…”

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“…By explicitly talking about “ethics”, Neumann inaugurated a new discourse in analytical psychology. But this discourse has to be developed further, especially considering that Neumann, as I discussed elsewhere (Polipo, 2020), limited himself to shadow projections, to the exclusion of other “psycho‐ethical problems” commonly encountered along the path of individuation. Thus, in this paper, I wish to build on this literature to offer a psycho‐ethical “map” for cases of anima projections, which are psychological experiences that, just like shadow projections, also raise questions of meaning and orientation.…”

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The Love Problem of a Student—Revisited: A Psycho‐Ethical Map for Cases of Anima Projection

Polipo

2024

J Analytical Psychology

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In its typical form, an “anima projection” is a psychic experience in which a heterosexual man is caught up by an intense, almost magical attraction for a woman. What sets these numinous experiences apart from a common “crush” is a pattern of specific phenomenological characteristics. Anima projections are particularly common in late adolescence and early adulthood, when they can cause a deep sense of disorientation. Little education exists for young men on how to deal with these experiences and to actualize the developmental opportunity that underlies them. In this paper, I frame anima projections as an ethical problem and outline a psycho‐ethical “map” that is intended for use by disoriented young men, or by any practitioner who may be tasked with helping them navigate this challenge along the path of individuation. The map considers four solutions to the love problem: the “concretistic‐literal”, the “fearful‐avoidant”, the “rational‐depressive”, and the “transitional‐developmental” solution, and indicates the latter as the one that is conducive to optimal psychic development. Although developed with a focus on young men, the map may apply to other relations based on projection, regardless of age, sex, gender, or sexual orientation.

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