Imaginal Memory and the Place of Hiroshima - Softcover

Perlman, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0887067476 ISBN 13: 9780887067471

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1988

Synopsis

Hiroshima claims a crucial yet neglected place in the psychic terrain of our individual and collective memories. Drawing on recent work in depth psychology and Jungian thought, this study explores the ancient art of remembering by envisioning "places" and "images" that are impressed upon the memory. Enthusiastically used by ancient, medieval, and Renaissance explorers of soul and spirit, the art of memory became a profound expression of striving for cultural reform and an end to religious cruelty.

Imaginal Memory and the Place of Hiroshima shows that images arising from the place of Hiroshima reveal, with stark exactitude, the psychic situation of our world. Specific images are explored that embody unsuspected psychological values beyond their role as reminders of the concrete horror of nuclear war. The process of remembering these images deepens into a commemoration of the fundamental powers at work in the psyche-powers that are critical to the development of a sustained cultural commitment to peace and to the deepening and revitalizing of contemporary psychological life.

About this title

About the Author

Michael Perlman is a counselor at McLean Hospital.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0887067476
• ISBN 13: 9780887067471
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 214