Anxiety and the Postmodern Condition

Op-ed published on Y-net : It is right and proper that the Israeli national anthem be sung at graduations from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; however, the panicked reaction to its possible exclusion doesn’t gel with the undeniable success story of the Zionist venture and the regional power that the State of Israel has become. Yoram Yovell  | Published:  19.05.17 , 23:37 Let me start with the bottom line: In the past, I studied at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and I currently teach there, and in my opinion, it is appropriate that  at its graduation ceremonies , "Hatikvah" be sung. Follow Ynetnews on  Facebook   and  Twitter   I also think that the tendency of many of the Arab students—in universities across Israel—to remain seated while the national anthem is sung at official ceremonies is disrespectful. No one in his right mind would insist that somebody who isn't Jewish enthusiastically sing...

The Jubilee Paradox: 50 years since the Six Day War, 50 years of occupation Jubilee: a special anniversary; especially a 50th anniversary. Originally from the Hebrew  yovel , the jubilee was a year of emancipation and restoration, celebrated every fiftieth year, with the emancipation of slaves. The jubilee year was proclaimed by the sounding of the shofar, the ram’s horn, the yovel (originally meaning ‘bellwether’), which also has lent its name to Yoval, “father of all who handle the harp and pipe” (Genesis 4:21), i.e., the Biblical father of music. The Jubilee Paradox is that the victorious Six Day War led Israel to occupy millions of Palestinians. Already in 1968 Ben Gurion said he preferred peace to occupation. June 5-10, 2017 will mark fifty years since the Six Day War, in which Israel in a sweeping surprise victory defeated Egypt (UAR), Jordan and Syria, after Egypt had mobilized along the Israeli border, closed the Straits of Tiran to Israeli ships, and Israel was...

In these late essays, Murray Stein circles around familiar Jungian themes such as synchronicity, individuation, archetypal image and symbol with a view to bringing these ideas into today’s largely globalized cultural space. These are reflections for our time, drawing importantly on the works of C.G. Jung, Erich Neumann, Wolfgang Pauli and a wide range of contemporary Jungian psychoanalytic wri ters. The general thesis is that all of humanity is connected – to one another, to nature and to the cosmos – and no human being should be left out of the picture of postmodern consciousness. Table of Contents Chapter 1 – Outside Inside and All Around Chapter 2 – Synchronizing Time and Eternity: A Matter of Practice Chapter 3 – Music for a Later Age: Wolfgang Pauli’s “Piano Lesson” Chapter 4 – A Lecture for the End of Time Chapter 5 – “The Problem of Evil” Chapter 6 – On Psyche’s Creativity Chapter 7 – At the Brink of Transformation Chapter 8 – Failure in the Crucible of Ind...