The Danger and the Treasure of the Inferior Function

The inferior function really is inferior. It may be a source of transformation, but we do not know how. We encounter it, but we do not understand it. It is like opening a door and being confronted by a rhino, or, for some, coming upon a mathematician talking in numbers in the basement. Yet from this...

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Published in:Psychological perspectives 2009-03, Vol.52 (1), p.9-23
Main Author: Ulanov, Ann
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The inferior function really is inferior. It may be a source of transformation, but we do not know how. We encounter it, but we do not understand it. It is like opening a door and being confronted by a rhino, or, for some, coming upon a mathematician talking in numbers in the basement. Yet from this least expected place and in forms that have nothing to recommend them, may come new life, regeneration for ourselves and for the times in which we live.
ISSN:0033-2925
1556-3030
DOI:10.1080/00332920802662229