Masculinity Identity, Conflict, and Transformation

Name: Masculinity Identity, Conflict, and Transformation
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ISBN: 9781570626487

ISBN-10: 1570626480

ISBN-13: 9781570626487

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Authors: Warren Steinberg

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What is a man? The model offered by family and culture too often leaves men with a feeling of "not measuring up." The result can be a host of psychological problems that become roadblocks on the path to the state of maturity and wholeness that C. G. Jung called individuation. Warren Steinberg sees these perils on the path as opportunities to go beneath conventional models and to gain a deep understanding of masculinity-one that includes traditional masculine qualities along with recognition and acceptance of the anima, or a man's inner feminine. Using dreams, myths, and the experiences of actual men, he demonstrates how this inner balance can be the key to establishing a free and strong…

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List price: $24.95
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.46" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Basic Split


The Development of Consciousness and the Basic Split


The Jungian Model


The Archetypal Dimensions



Male-Male Competition: Anatomy of an Archetype


Male-Male Competition for Dominance



The Man and the Mask: The Development of the Masculine Persona


The American Masculine Persona


An Example: Jim


The Development of the Masculine Persona


Social Learning


Identification


Conclusions



My Father, My Self: Identification and Conflict


An Example: Jake


The Father's Role


The Isaac Complex


A Defensive Idealization of the Father


An Example: Bob


Conclusions



Masculinity and Achievement Conflicts: The Shadow Speaks


Achievement Anxiety


The Father, Achievement, and the Son's Shadow


Fear of Failure


An Example: Phil


Fear of Achievement


An Example: Joel


Self-Castration


The Mother, Achievement, and the Son's Shadow


An Example: John


The Shadow and the Hairy Wild Man



Power and the Male Gender Role


Power Is Satisfying


An Example: Jerry


Power as a Defense against Feminine Identification


Identifying with the Father and Devaluing the Mother


An Absent Father and an Intrusive Mother


An Example: Robert


Conclusions



Submission and Masculine Transformation: Redeeming the Anima


Initiation and Transformation


Humiliation


An Example: Bill


Anima


The Relationship between the Persona and the Anima


Anima as the Undeveloped


The Development of Wholeness


Homoerotic Anxiety and the Transformation of the Anima


Conclusions


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index