Taboo, Personal and Collective Representations

Elizabeth Brodersen is an accredited Training Analyst and Supervisor at the CGJI Zürich. Elizabeth received her doctorate in Psychoanalytic Studies from Essex University, UK in 2014, and works as a Jungian Analyst in private practice in Germany and Switzerland.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: The nature of taboo in indigenous practices Chapter 3: Taboo, order, disorder, abjection, and dirt. Chapter 4: Totem and taboo, animal categories, and kinship structuresChapter 5: The origin and positioning of incest tabooChapter 6: Taboo and emotional ambivalenceChapter 7: Taboo, rites of passage, and indeterminate statesChapter 8: Taboo, shamanism, and Jungian psychoanalysisChapter 9: Conclusion

"Dr Brodersen has taken a broad interdisciplinary approach to the fascinating subject of taboo to examine it from multiple angles, building on classic and modern treatments of the subject to introduce it into new areas of understanding. In particular, Brodersen carefully weaves together a tapestry on the subject that brings its many facets into view beautifully, showing just how relevant the topic is with respect to human development and psychodynamic clinical theory. Bringing an inclusive but also nuanced and precise approach to the subject of taboo, Brodersen presents an excellent interdisciplinary contribution to the study of ritual, religious/magical thinking and the mind."Erik Goodwyn MD, Director, Psychotherapy Training, University of Louisville, USA.