Thomas L Kirsch

The Vision Thing: Myth, Politics and Psyche in the World

Contemporary politics goes on at a mythic level. This is the provocative argument put forward in this unique book which results from the collaboration of practising politicians, organisational and political consultants, scholars of mythology and culture, and Jungian analysts from several countries.T...

Permutations of Order (Law, Justice and Power)

"Permutations of Order" makes an innovative and important contribution to current discussions about the relationship between religion and law, bringing together theoretically informed case studies from different parts of the world, relating to various types of politico-legal settings and religions. ...

Spirits and Letters: Reading, Writing and Charisma in Africa Christianity

Studies of religion have a tendency to conceptualise the Spirit and the Letter as mutually exclusive and intrinsically antagonistic. However, the history of religions abounds in cases where charismatic leaders deliberately refer to and make use of writings. This book challenges prevailing scholarly ...

Social Change in Thailand:: A. Thomas Kirsch, a Northeastern Village, and Two Families

Two anthropological studies in this book examine a remote village and two families to illustrate the tremendous changes that have occurred in Thailand since the 1960s. "Nong Sung," written by deceased Cornell Professor, A. Thomas Kirsch who was one of the pioneers in Thai studies, depicts a farming ...

The Red Book: Reflections on C.G. Jung's Liber Novus

In 2009, WW Norton published ‘The Red Book’, a book written by Jung in 1913-1914 but not previously published. Snippets of information about the likely contents of the Red Book had been in circulation for years, and there was much debate and eager anticipation of its publication within the Jungian ...

The Jungians: A Comparative and Historical Perspective

The Jungians: A Comparative and Historical Perspective is the first book to trace the history of the profession of analytical psychology from its origins in 1913 until the present.As someone who has been personally involved in many aspects of Jungian history, Thomas Kirsch is well equipped to take t...

Feasting and Social Oscillation: A Working Paper on Religion and Society in Upland Southeast Asia (Data Paper Series) (No. 92)

This anthropological study concerns itself greatly with theoretical considerations. (The author takes as his theoretical focus Leach's Political Systems of Highland Burma (1954).) Kirsch argues that anthropologists have observed and recorded religious rites and rituals, but have largely ignored the ...

The Jungians: A Comparative and Historical Perspective