Working with the Fascist State of Mind and the Complex that Rules Culture

The personality is composed of many not one as we come to oneself with and through others. A precarious identity creates no end of emotional confusion, lack of internal connection and the self out of kilter with the rest of the personality. This can be called a fascist state of mind, a phrase taken from an essay by Italian Jungian analyst Francisco Bisagni (2022) and American psychoanalyst Christopher Bollas (2018). It refers to the rigid and narrow complex dictatorially ruling the culture, family, and personality. From childhood we create these complexes, ongoing narratives shaped by words, body language, emotions, images, rituals, and transgenerational interactions. How we deal with them from a Jungian approach is the topic of this presentation and discussion.

Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event

• Understanding a complex
• Recognizing the inner fascist
• Identifying unconscious coercion and conformity

Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?

• therapists of all kinds

How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?

• heighten awareness of unconscious processes

RECORDING 

This event will be recorded and you can use the ticket function to pre-purchase the recording before the event. This will be useful for colleagues who are not able to attend the event live and also for those who attend the event live and want to watch it again.

ZOOM 

This event will be hosted on the Zoom meeting platform where we will use our cameras and microphones to interact with each other as a group.

SELF-SELECT FEE

The self-select fee is a radical inclusion policy to open learning for all colleagues. The guide price for this event is £20.00, however, we appreciate that income varies greatly in different locations and circumstances. Please contribute what you can to help us maintain inclusive professional training.

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Susan E. Schwartz

Susan E. Schwartz, Ph.D. trained in Zurich, Switzerland as a Jungian analyst and member of IAAP and IAJS. She appears on podcasts and presentations at Jungian conferences and teaching programs worldwide.

Susan writes articles and book chapters on Jungian analytical psychology. Her books are: The Absent Father Effect on Daughters, Father Desire, Father Wounds translated into several languages; Imposter Syndrome and the ‘As-If’ Personality: The Fragility of Self (September, 2023); A Jungian Exploration of the Puella Archetype: Girl Unfolding (December, 2024) and An Analytical Exploration of Love and Narcissism (July, 2025), Absent Fathers, Yearning Sons: A Jungian Analysis of the Father-Son Dynamic (2026) all published by Routledge.

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