Analytical Psychology and Sport: Epistemology, Theory and Practice (Routledge Psychology of Sport, Exercise and Physical Activity)

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
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Chapter 1: Introduction
	Psychology’s historical alignment with science
	Current crisis of psychological science – a modern crisis?
	The crisis is epistemological not methodological in nature
	Purpose of the book
	Jung’s analytical psychology – the personal equation
	Notes
Chapter 2: An introduction to the epistemology of Jung (Subject~Object)
	Introduction
	A very brief (auto)biography of Jung’s early life2
	The question of differentiation
	The question of integration
	Explanation vs. description (unconsciousness~consciousness)
	Conclusions
	Notes
Chapter 3: Towards an epistemology of being and becoming
	Introduction
	Towards a new epistemological method
	Do psychological processes have an underlying (sub-personal) nature?
	Variables in psychology: An epistemological dead-end?
	Cybernetics – an alternate epistemology and ontology5
	The language of cybernetics and beyond
	William Powers’ control theory
	Conclusions
	Notes
Chapter 4: Positivism and analytical psychology
	Introduction
	Theoretical developments within sport psychology – foundational problems
		The problem of abstraction
		The problem of objectivity
		The problem of time
		The problem of causation
	Introduction to Jung’s depth psychology
	The dynamic psyche
	Energy not causality
	Regulatory function of opposites
	Individuation
	The unconscious
	Conclusions
	Notes
Chapter 5: The psychology of momentum in sports: A Jungian analysis
	Introduction
	Current conceptualisations of momentum in sport
	Libido theory: Psychic and physical energy
	The principle of equivalence
	Entropy
	Progression~Regression
	Progression
	Regression
	Positive momentum~negative momentum
	Person~Athlete
	Individuation (being~becoming)
	Identity foreclosure and fear of success
	Conclusions
	Notes
Chapter 6: The role of time: Theoretical implications for sport psychology
	Introduction
	Objectivist representations, independent of time, enshrine subject–object separation
	Meaningful objectivist representations do not conform to linear causal, reductive explanation
	Objective processes in the psyche are fundamentally sub-personal and unconscious in nature
	Reframing performance
	What is the nature of the relationship between performance and the person? A Jungian perspective
	Notes
Chapter 7: Applied implications (person~athlete)
	Introduction
	Towards reconciling the person with the athlete (person~athlete)
	The role of the practitioner (practitioner~person)
	Notes
Chapter 8: Conclusions
	Notes
References
Index