The Healing Power of Justice: An Exploration of the Relationship between Analytical Psychology and Human Rights

Journal title STUDI JUNGHIANI
Author/s Maria Bianchi
Publishing Year 2020 Issue 2020/52
Language Italian Pages 15 P. 38-52 File size 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/jun52-2020oa9896
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Does an archetype of justice exist? If so, what is its image in the mythologies of different cultures? How this archetype contributed to the development of religious and philosophical visions that are at the basis of human rights? Can C.G. Jung’s theory of psychological types shed a light on the tension existing between law and justice? Does justice have a healing power? The author proposes elements of response to those questions to demonstrate the importance of combining legal action with a Jungian psychotherapeutic approach in the treatment of victims of human rights violations. The article presents the progressive convergence between human rights law and psychology, as well as the similarities between the work of those operating in the field of human rights and in the analytical practice.

Keywords: Analytical Psychology, Theory Psychological Types, Human Rights, Justice

Maria Bianchi, Il potere curativo della giustizia: un’esplorazione dei rapporti tra psicologia analitica e diritti umani in "STUDI JUNGHIANI" 52/2020, pp 38-52, DOI: 10.3280/jun52-2020oa9896