Archetype, Imagination, and Character: Exploring the Work of James Hillman

In this forum, the work of James Hillman, psychologist and scholar will be reviewed.

He is the author of more than twenty books, including The Soul’s Code, Re-Visioning Psychology, and The Force of Character. In his writings, Hillman amplifies such concepts as growth, purpose, aging, and character by drawing upon Western traditions of classical mythology and philosophy as well as the findings of modern psychology. Thereby he reexamines psyche or soul in terms of metaphor and imagery.

Trained as a Jungian analyst and originator of post-Jungian “archetypal psychology,” Hillman held teaching positions at Yale University, among others, and at the University of Dallas, where he co-founded the Dallas Institute for the Humanities and Culture.

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