The spiral of plastic pollution: a compensatory urge from the collective unconscious for an ecological‐psychological transformation of civilization

This article explores the symbolism of plastic pollution. Plastic and microplastic particles are now found everywhere – in the Arctic, in deep ocean trenches, in human organs – and plastic accumulates in our oceans forming gigantic spiral‐shaped garbage patches. Both spiral symbolism and E.A. Poe’s...

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Published in:	Journal of analytical psychology Vol. 67; no. 5; pp. 1386 - 1409
Main Author:	Bucher, Susanna
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.11.2022
Subjects:	Analytical psychology Animals Biological organs Civilization collective unconscious crise écologique‐psychologique Crises crisi ecologico‐psicologica crisis ecológica‐psicológica Dominance dream ecological‐psychological crisis espiral Function words immortality immortalità immortalité inconscient collectif inconsciente colectivo inconscio collettivo inmortalidad inner and outer nature innere und äußere Natur inquinamento plastico Isla de Basura del Pacífico kollektives Unbewußtes Logos natura interiore ed esteriore naturaleza interna y externa nature intérieure et extérieure Oceans Pacific Garbage Patch Plastic pollution Pollution pollution par le plastique polución plástica Psychology Relatedness rêve sal sale Salt Salz sel sogno spiral spirale sueño Symbolism transformación Transformation trasformazione Traum Unconsciousness Unilateralism Unsterblichkeit Verschmutzung durch Plastik vortex de déchets du Pacifique nord Writers ökologisch‐psychologische Krise бессмертие внутренняя и внешняя природа коллективное бессознательное пластиковое загрязнение соль сон спираль Тихоокеанское мусорное пятно трансформация эколого‐психологический кризис 集体无意识、生态‐心理危机、梦、不朽、内在和外在的自然、太平洋垃圾场、塑料污染、盐、螺旋、转化
ISSN:	0021-8774, 1468-5922, 1468-5922
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