The life of ghosts: melancholy and memory

Authors

  • Daniel Françoli Yago

Keywords:

ghosts, melancholy, memory, analytical psychology

Abstract

This essay aims to amplify the conceptions of the ghost, either as a political-narrative figuration, or as a dynamism, in an experimental and intuitive way. In order to do so, it travels through some itineraries: first, it discusses a ghostly logic originating from the fields of philosophy, social sciences, literature and analytical psychology; then, it briefly investigates resonances of this logic based on Fisher’s concepts on reversing the melancholy of lost futures through the work of opening to ghosts; and ends with a reflection on the uses of memory as resistance from the mythological figures of Saturn, Mnemosyne and the metaphors of Ogawa’s The Memory Police.

Author Biography

Daniel Françoli Yago

Graduated in Psychology from PUC-SP, Master in Social Sciences from PUC-SP. He is a Jungian psychotherapist, translator and professor of the Psychology course at the Municipal University of São Caetano do Sul. He is dedicated to feminist and gender studies, as well as the critical teaching of psychopathology.

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Published

2022-01-24

How to Cite

Yago, D. F. (2022). The life of ghosts: melancholy and memory. Junguiana, 40(1), 9–22. Retrieved from https://junguiana.sbpa.org.br/revista/article/view/139

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Vol. 40 No. 1 (2022)

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