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Book SynopsisThis book investigates consciousness as an emergent state arising from the global functioning of the brain and the body. In this research Krieger applies these concepts to analytical psychology, particularly to the constellation of the complex and of the archetype. Global brain functioning is considered as a complex system whose macroscopic, emergent patterns such as thoughts and behaviours are determined by physical parameters including emotion, memory, and perception.
The concept of the feeling-toned complex was among the first of the theories to be developed by Jung, and the theories of complexity and dynamical systems which subsequently developed in the physical sciences did not exist at the time. This book takes a new look at the feeling-toned complex as a basin of attraction which competes for consciousness against other complexes to determine behaviour. By drawing parallels between current ideas in neuroscience and Jungâs more traditional theories, Krieger discusses the
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'This is not a book that can serve as bedside reading. It needs time and concentration, so that one finds one’s way into the strange world of Dynamic Systems Theory. Krieger helps this process with lots of pictures and tables, so you will not be lost in this strange world. One can certainly consider her work as a textbook concerning complexes and complexity theory. Whoever is interested in complexes and archetypes, cannot avoid this book.'- Nancy M. Krieger, Analytische Psychologie: Zeitschrift für Psychotherapie und Psychoanalyse, February 2015
'In "Bridges to Consciousness", Dr. Nancy Krieger throws new lights on the Jungian concept of the complex and the archetype from the viewpoint of neuroscience. In several respects, it has a peerless originality and rich suggestions both theoretically and clinically… In a word, it challenges the hard task to reveal the mechanism through which the consciousness emerges from the constellation of the complexes and the archetypes, with their neural correlates'.-Norifumi Kishimoto, Japan Association of Jungian Psychology Journal
Table of ContentsA Jungian Neuroscience of Consciousness Part 1 Investigation of Consciousness. A Theory of Complexes. Dynamic Systems Theory. Constellation of a Complex Part 2 Neural Correlates of the Constellated Complex. A Theory of Archetypes. Constellation of an Archetype. Development of the Ego-Complex. The Psychic Landscape. The Three Bridges and Consciousness.
