Essential Reading #20

Radical Jung: Emancipatory Politics and the Search for Meaning in the Ruins of Capitalism, by Rob Faure Walker

I am writing a review of this book for publication elsewhere, so I will be fairly brief here.

Rob Walker’s latest book, Radical Jung: Emancipatory Politics and the Search for Meaning in the Ruins of Capitalism, released just days ago by the amazing Revol Press, is a work of great importance for us all.

Reclaiming Carl Jung from figures on the right, such as Jordan Peterson, Faure Walker applies Jungian thoughts and insights as guides “through the crises of digital capitalism.” The result is a fascinating and thought-provoking read, one that puts forward creative suggestions to our current condition.

Writing compellingly on the power of dreams, the potential healing properties of psychedelic drugs, and ecotherapy, Faure Walker’s book is essentially a call for a slowing down, a decentring, and ultimately, degrowth. It is a call for reconnection, with nature and our inner selves, in order to gain collective understanding on what must be done if we are to implement profound, critically needed change.

A must read.