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Fri, Jan 31
|Virtual Film Night
Film Night: Cultural Complex & Politics in America
Join Jim Blalock for an episode of This Jungian Life where Jungian author Thomas Singer discusses what cultural complexes are, and how their effects are felt in the behavior of disenfranchised, oppressed and traumatized groups across the world.
Time & Location
Jan 31, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
Virtual Film Night
About the event
Friday, January 31, 2025 from 7 to 9 PM via Zoom
Prepare to discover what deeper psychological dynamics underlie group behavior and collective identity, how unconscious processes manifest in social and political systems, which archetypal patterns influence societal reactions and conflicts, whether personal and collective awareness can transform entrenched cultural attitudes, why examining unconscious forces is vital for understanding human interactions and societal structures…and so much more.
Political dynamics are deeply influenced by underlying psychological forces known as cultural complexes, which shape group behavior, reinforce divisions, and heighten emotional responses to societal changes. Tom Singer, MD, editor and fellow author of Mind of State: Conversations on the Psychological Conflicts Stirring U.S. Politics & Society , explains that these social psychology phenomena, arising from emotions and ideas, affect how individuals think and feel. Rooted in historical trauma and collective identities, these collective complexes can manifest in polarized thinking, distrust of institutions,…