At Home in the World

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At Home in the World Sounds and Symmetries of Belonging by John Hill The inaugural volume in the Zurich Lecture Series in Analytical Psychology Co-sponsored by ISAPZURICH and Spring Journal Books ISBN: 978-1-935528-00-5 288 pp. Price: $ $26.95 To order this book, click here This work offers a profound philosophical and psychological exploration of the multi-dimensional significance of home and the interwoven themes of homelessness and homesickness in contemporary global culture. Home as a particular dwelling place, as a cultural or national identity, as a safe temenos in therapy, and as a metaphor for the individuation process are analyzed expertly from multi-disciplinary perspectives and, more poignantly, through the sharing of diverse narratives that bear witness to lives lived and endured from memories of homes lost and regained.

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Praise for At Home in the World "With much pleasure and enthusiasm, I warmly recommend this extraordinary book to the receptive reader. Written in a colorful, poetic style, John Hill sensitively explores the multi-faceted meanings and experiences of home, which he characterizes as a "womb of many stories" and rightly compares to a "many-storied house." His elaborations on this theme are psychologically nuanced, extensive, rich and perceptive—based upon his life-long involvement and interest in this topic and lectures he has given about it for over 20 years. Not exclusively focusing on the collective and popular idealization of home, he acknowledges and explores the dark shadows that home also evokes for many of us. A rich feast for the imagination awaits the reader interested in home and all its many associations." MARIO JACOBY, PH.D., ISAPZURICH TRAINING ANALYST AND AUTHOR OF INDIVIDUATION & NARCISSISM AND THE ANALYTIC ENCOUNTER

TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I - HOME: WOMB OF MANY STORIES 1. Introduction 2. My Own Home PART II - HOME: BIRTHPLACE OF CULTURE 3. Preserving a Cultural Context 4. Transient Spaces: Between the Languages of Containment and Reflection PART III - HOME: TEMENOS OF THE SOUL’S LINEAGE 5. Developmental Perspectives 6. Homecoming: A Metaphor in Therapy 7. Homes of Fate, Homes of Destiny: Individuation and the Transcendent Function PART IV – HOME: AN ODYSSEY THROUGH MANY LANDS 8. Lost Homes, Lost Nations 9. Ireland: Contemplating a Nation from a Place of Exile PART V – HOME: RESPONSIBILITY IN UNSETTLED TIMES 10. At Home in a Global Society? 11. Traversing Cultural Boundaries 12. A Many-Storied House

About the Author: JOHN HILL, M.A., received his degrees in philosophy at the University of Dublin and the Catholic University of America. He trained at the C. G. Jung Institute Zürich, has practiced as a Jungian analyst since 1973, and is a training analyst at the International School of Analytical Psychology (ISAPZURICH).

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