La Peur du féminin (traduit de l'allemand): Et autres essais de psychologie féminine

by Erich Neumann

Dans cet ouvrage pionnier, s'inscrivant dans le cadre de la psychologie analytique de C.G. Jung, Erich Neumann dénonce le caractère unilatéral de notre civilisation édifiée sur la méconnaissance, et par suite, sur la peur, du féminin. Il préconise une réparation de cette ignorance fondamentale, une « thérapie culturelle », et appelle à un nouvel équilibre entre les genres, pour le plus grand bien de notre vie commune en société..

Genres: Psychology, Philosophy, Feminism, Nonfiction, Essays, Womens, Gender

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First published January 1, 1975

About the author

Erich Neumann (Hebrew: אריך נוימן) was a psychologist, writer, and one of Carl Jung's most gifted students.
Neumann received his Ph.D. from the University of Berlin in 1927. He practiced analytical psychology in Tel Aviv from 1934 until his death in 1960. For many years, he regularly returned to Zürich, Switzerland to give lectures at the C. G. Jung Institute. He also lectured frequently in England, France and the Netherlands, and was a member of the International Association for Analytical Psychology and president of the Israel Association of Analytical Psychologists.
Erich Neumann contributed greatly to the field of developmental psychology and the psychology of consciousness and creativity. Neumann had a theoretical and philosophical approach to analysis, contrasting with the more clinical concern in England and the United States. His most valuable contribution to psychology was the empirical concept of "centroversion", a synthesis of extra- and introversion. However, he is best known for his theory of feminine development, a theory formulated in numerous publications, most notably The Great Mother. His works also elucidate the way mythology throughout history reveals aspects of the development of consciousness that are parallel in both the individual and society as a whole.

Reviews

[Lex · Rating 5 out of 5]

This text is an invaluable contribution to feminine psychology, a great gift to both women and men within and without depth psychology. One cannot remain rooted in the same inherited ouroboric cycles after reading this. In a time where it seems like no matter where we turn, we are plunged trigger deep into collective "Trumpisms", this book still stands up to our context and serves as a transformative pill to anyone with the courage to see the gestalts at play in the coming revolution.

[Adriana Scarpin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tudo que você sempre quis saber sobre a vida e não tinha ninguém a quem perguntar, então o Neumann responde. O traço mais marcante em Neumann é o mesmo que se evidenciava em James Hillman: a preocupação com a evolução psicológica dos homens, ambos sempre deixaram claro que nesse sentido as mulheres se viravam muito bem sozinhas, mas que aos homens não era cobrado um amadurecimento circular, apenas algo unilateral. Mesmo com o trabalho e esforço de tantos junguianos nos últimos 60 anos para trazer a tona essa necessidade também ao homem, esse tipo de evolução continua estagnada como bem podemos ver ao nosso redor.
Neumann neste livro é brilhante como usual, ele exemplifica os perigos de se estagnar na consciência matriarcal unilateral para a mulher em virtude da vivência numa sociedade patriarcal igualmente unilateral e o quanto isso se difere dentro da psique entre homens e mulheres, como bem a corrente estagnação dos homens no patriarcalismo e inclusive cita mais de uma vez a tendência do próprio Freud em relação a isso.
Num outro capítulo Neumann discorre sobre a importância da lua e do tempo dentro da consciência, ou melhor, do inconsciente, algo foi relegado ao segundo plano em virtude uma sociedade que valoriza o solar e tiraniza o lunar. Em outro capítulo, ele aplica uma análise arquetípica de A Flauta Mágica de Mozart, não apenas no sentido arquetípico de individuação da obra em si, mas também sua relação com a própria fase da vida do compositor. No capítulo seguinte há o discorrer sobre o arquétipo da Terra/Inferno Feminino relacionado ao Inconsciente contraposto ao Paraíso Masculino da Consciência. Por último, e talvez mais importante, Neumann trata do medo do feminino em todas as fases da vida como impulso ou empecilho de transformação.
Nos último 50 anos, desde que este livro foi pela primeira vez publicado, ocorreram muitas mudanças (a qualidade matriarcal da psique foi mais aceita e elaborada, não restringindo apenas à estrutura patriarcal da psique refletida na sociedade) e outras nem tanto (os homens ainda têm dificuldade na gestão dual da psique), mas no resuldado geral o livro ainda é mais um trabalho magnífico de Erich Neumann.

[Mel Mathews · Rating 5 out of 5]

Neumann's insight of this intricate psychology is impressive. I read this book a couple of years ago so I have a difficult time recalling particular passages. What did strike me though was how the fear of the feminine, is so often morphed into the blaming of 'woman.' What I took from this book is that the fear of the feminine, is the fear of coming to consciousness, a fear of developing a deeper relationship to one's self or soul. Unfortunately, this fear of the feminine principal often becomes distorted and turned into humanity's fear of 'woman.' What is feared, ultimately, is what grants freedom. In other words, like Eve, the feminine principal may seduce, but it is in the call to higher consciousness.

[Guilherme Smee · Rating 2 out of 5]

Comprei este O Medo do Feminino e outros ensaios sobre a psicologia feminina, de Erich Neumann na Feira do Livro de Porto Alegre de 2023. Achei um tema interessante para quem pesquisa masculinidades. Eu sabia que a psicologia junguiana se utiliza muito de arquétipos, do inconsciente coletivo e tem a mitologia como base principal. Este livro da editora Paulus é envolvido em uma coleção com diversos autores e títulos que giram em torno da psicologia junguiana para explicar a psique humana. Contudo, achei esse livro bastante impenetrável, insondável, esotérico e abstrato, parece que nenhuma das ideias do livro, a não ser no capítulo com o mesmo título do livro, têm conexão com a realidade. O texto também é muito chato de ler, enrolado, não diz nada com nada. Faz algum tempo que percebi que esse tipo de estudo não é para mim, mas esperava encontrar algo de útil para minhas pesquisas neste livro. Não encontrei.

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've found the essays in this book uneven, but feel that it's worth a read simply for the last two pieces "The Meaning of the Earth Archetype" and "The Fear of the Feminine."

[Efthimios Nasiopoulos · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is brilliant. Some beautiful essays that really shine the light on how detrimental is is to women and men to live in a society that actively is rewarding a masculine consciousness while minimizing the feminine. The idea of shutting off or rejecting that part of you psychically, causes so much undo damage.

[Joanna · Rating 2 out of 5]

'everything about woman is a puzzle, and everything about woman has its solution. it is called pregnancy' p.102

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

A collective of four provocative essays having to do with understanding our Western overly patriarchal consciousness as it relates to our matriarchal unconsciousness. The author indicates how our realizing a patriarchal conscious is important in the development of our collective consciousness but we must not loose touch with our repressed feminine unconsciousness. In fact we must come to realize a greater matriarchal consciousness in order that societal healing can occur. My favorite essay was "The Moon and Unconsciousness."

[Paul Brooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

As if toxic masculinity needed a rival. What some have called the shadow feminine is generally not something that people talk about in any field let alone in daily conversation. I could see this book being very important in the years to come and psychology circles and in feminism and activist politics.

[Nathan Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

reading this book was like drinking water. well spoken and definitely recommended for anybody who intuits nuance of our place in humanity's relationship between the inner/outer masculine and feminine.

[Valentin Vișan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Highly recommended read after you've at least digested Origins and History of Consciousness. Chapter 1 was interesting. He lost me in chapters 2 and 3, but 4 and 5 hit like a brick. Especially 4.

[Mephistopheles · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent exploration of the fear of the feminine as it manifests in culture and in the psyches of men and women during different stages of development. The essays were fascinating.

[Zineb R]

Honestly couldn't finish it. And it's not because of the book, but because I had trouble following the author. Would love to come back to it

[Parul · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ugh. So good! What a gem.

[Michela Derry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dopo La Grande Madre, un altro capostipite di Neumann e della nostra civiltà occidentale. Se la donna vuole capire meglio sé stessa oltre gli stereotipi deve cominciare a guardare e capire come funzionano questi grandi archetipi del Femminile. Ed entrarci in contatto, e saperli gestire più consapevolmente onde evitare di fare le protagoniste del libro 'Donne che amano troppo'

[Myrivername · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a very interesting and useful book, but it was not easy to read. The translation was fine, I'm sure it was true to the original phrasing, which is very dense and a bit convoluted.

[Loretta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very abstract ideas.