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| 21 Mar 2026 | |
| PAST EVENTS |
In this workshop, we will explore contemporary American cultural complexes with material drawn from my two recent volumes: Cultural Complexes and the Soul of America: Myth, Psyche, and Politics which won the Gradiva Award for Best Edited Book in 2022, and my new book, A Field Guide to American Cultural Complexes: The Battleground of the Splintered American Psyche. The two books use Jungian psychology to analyze the powerful, often unconscious, emotional patterns (cultural complexes) that drive American political and social polarization. The workshop will encourage group discussion as we work together to come to grips with the fragmenting forces of American society from a psychological perspective.
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Thomas Singer, MD, is a psychiatrist and Jungian psychoanalyst based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Trained at Yale Medical School, Dartmouth Medical School, and the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, he writes and lectures internationally on symbolism and “cultural complexes.” Dr. Singer has edited a multi-volume series mapping cultural complexes across regions (Australia, Latin America, Europe, the United States, and East Asia) and co-edited works exploring myth, city life, and contemporary psyche. He is closely connected with ARAS (the Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism) and has been a prominent voice linking collective imagery to psychological life. His new book is A Field Guide to Cultural Complexes: The Battleground of the Splintered American Psyche. |
