Saturday, April 6, 2019

Temenos (Greek: τέμενος; plural: τεμένη, temene)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temenos

In my controversial argument, the elliptical trajectory of my trans-historical approach gathers together multiple strands of ideas, each of which can be linked directly or indirectly to those of Gross. Inspired by Benjamin’s concept of collapsing time, and his ‘gift of fanning the spark of hope in the past’ (1973: 257), I move forward, beyond the postmodern, in an intersubjective, poetic and trans-temporal take on history, where the personal/intimate and the collective/political form a dialectic whole within a sacred space – called temenos by Jung – in order to heal the wounded past, in the present, and thus help to bring about a redeemed future: Gross ‘gave me the stars, I drew the constellation’ (Shapiro, 2011: i).

Heuer, Gottfried M.. Freud's 'Outstanding' Colleague/Jung's 'Twin Brother': The Suppressed Psychoanalytic and Political Significance of Otto Gross. (p. 4). Taylor and Francis. 2017, Kindle edition.