Presentation time:
40 min
Discussion time:
5 min
Lead author:
Robin McCoy Brooks (IRSJA)
While Jung and Post-Jungians recognize the inseparability of the psychic and the social, our contribution regarding psychoanalytic approaches to psychosocial studies remains underwhelming. Jacob Levy Moreno’s (1889-1974) central critique of Jung was directed towards Jung’s failure to theoretically and/or methodically apply the collective unconscious to the concrete collectivities of everyday life. On this Moreno stated; “There is nothing gained in turning from a personal to a collective unconscious if by doing this, the anchorage to the concrete, whether individual or groups, is lost” (Moreno, 1960, 116-117). Moreno was a Romanian-American psychiatrist, social scientist, the founder of psychodrama, and the foremost pioneer of group psychotherapy. All of Moreno’s methods were cultivated to mobilize the propelling force of creativity that, when accessed, he claimed, could individuate a community towards its greater purpose.