Tony B Benning
Biographic Data
| ID | 5625083 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tony B Benning |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tony B |
| FAMILY NAME | Benning |
| SIGNATURE | BENNING T B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8042-9197 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Psychopathology and the religious imaginary in Freud and Hillman
Freud’s oft-cited hostility toward religion is often taken as a counterpoint to Jungian analytical psychology, with the latter being known not merely to accommodate religious experience but to assert that the religious function is in fact integral to the psyche’s flourishing. An area that has not received much academic attention, however, is the relationship between Freud’s ideas on psychopathology/religion and those of the late post-Jungian writ…
Before and After Psychopathology
This paper attempts to characterize the key stages in the evolution of Western academia’s construction of shamans and shamanism as well as elucidate those factors that have underpinned particular constructions. In doing so, it draws on the writings of the late French philosopher Michel Foucault, and particularly on such Foucauldian motifs as episteme, knowledge, and power. A central argument advanced in this paper is that even though Foucault’s i…
Kierkegaard and mood disorders
With his writings encompassing such issues as depression, despair, faith, and hope, the nineteenth century Danish philosopher and theologian Søren Kierkegaard is known for his percipient insights into the psychology of spirituality. Here, the author presents a case from his psychiatric practice as a basis for exploring how Kierkegaard’s ideas can be drawn upon when providing spiritually orientated psychotherapy to clients suffering from depressio…
Synchronicity as intimation of a non-dualistic cosmology for the mental health field
The growing interest in religion and spirituality in the mental health field has not resulted in the latter being relieved of the binary (dualistic) worldview by which it remains hamstrung. The phenomenon of synchronicity began to receive attention in the 1950s, thanks to the work of C.G. Jung and Wolfgang Pauli. The issue of the therapeutic significance of synchronicity has received widespread scholarly attention but its implications for the men…
The imaginal and the pathological
The contents of his Red Book document experiences that C.G. Jung had during his confrontation with his unconscious. Jung’s great imaginal work was possibly composed while he was in the midst of a pathological process. This paper identifies two works that foreshadowed The Red Book: Nietzsche’s Thus spoke Zarathustra, and Hildegard’s Scivias. Of interest is the fact that these two precursors of the red book were also great works of imaginal literat…
Twentieth Century Ethnographies of Coast Salish Ceremonialism
The mid and late-twentieth century periods each constituted distinct socio-cultural epochs with respect to the Native North American socio-historical context. This paper critically examines ethnographic accounts of Coast Salish ceremonialism from those periods arguing that they each reflected the respective epochs in which they were written. This paper then goes on to examine those ethnographies in the light of contemporary emphasis on self-refle…
Envisioning Deep Collaboration Between Psychiatry And Traditional Ways Of Knowing In A British Columbia First Nations Setting
In this paper, I draw on my experiences of providing psychiatric outreach services to indigenous communities near Chilliwack, B.C. over the course of a two and a half year period. The principle aim of the paper is to critically examine and reflect on the concept of collaboration as it pertains to psychiatric services on Canadian First Nation communities. The hope is that doing so will inform the work of others engaged in service development and d…
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Envisioning Deep Collaboration Between Psychiatry And Traditional Ways Of Knowing In A British Columbia First Nations Setting
In this paper, I draw on my experiences of providing psychiatric outreach services to indigenous communities near Chilliwack, B.C. over the course of a two and a half year period. The principle aim of the paper is to critically examine and reflect on the concept of collaboration as it pertains to psychiatric services on Canadian First Nation communities. The hope is that doing so will inform the work of others engaged in service development and d…
Twentieth Century Ethnographies of Coast Salish Ceremonialism
The mid and late-twentieth century periods each constituted distinct socio-cultural epochs with respect to the Native North American socio-historical context. This paper critically examines ethnographic accounts of Coast Salish ceremonialism from those periods arguing that they each reflected the respective epochs in which they were written. This paper then goes on to examine those ethnographies in the light of contemporary emphasis on self-refle…
The imaginal and the pathological
The contents of his Red Book document experiences that C.G. Jung had during his confrontation with his unconscious. Jung’s great imaginal work was possibly composed while he was in the midst of a pathological process. This paper identifies two works that foreshadowed The Red Book: Nietzsche’s Thus spoke Zarathustra, and Hildegard’s Scivias. Of interest is the fact that these two precursors of the red book were also great works of imaginal literat…
Kierkegaard and mood disorders
With his writings encompassing such issues as depression, despair, faith, and hope, the nineteenth century Danish philosopher and theologian Søren Kierkegaard is known for his percipient insights into the psychology of spirituality. Here, the author presents a case from his psychiatric practice as a basis for exploring how Kierkegaard’s ideas can be drawn upon when providing spiritually orientated psychotherapy to clients suffering from depressio…
Synchronicity as intimation of a non-dualistic cosmology for the mental health field
The growing interest in religion and spirituality in the mental health field has not resulted in the latter being relieved of the binary (dualistic) worldview by which it remains hamstrung. The phenomenon of synchronicity began to receive attention in the 1950s, thanks to the work of C.G. Jung and Wolfgang Pauli. The issue of the therapeutic significance of synchronicity has received widespread scholarly attention but its implications for the men…
Psychopathology and the religious imaginary in Freud and Hillman
Freud’s oft-cited hostility toward religion is often taken as a counterpoint to Jungian analytical psychology, with the latter being known not merely to accommodate religious experience but to assert that the religious function is in fact integral to the psyche’s flourishing. An area that has not received much academic attention, however, is the relationship between Freud’s ideas on psychopathology/religion and those of the late post-Jungian writ…
Before and After Psychopathology
This paper attempts to characterize the key stages in the evolution of Western academia’s construction of shamans and shamanism as well as elucidate those factors that have underpinned particular constructions. In doing so, it draws on the writings of the late French philosopher Michel Foucault, and particularly on such Foucauldian motifs as episteme, knowledge, and power. A central argument advanced in this paper is that even though Foucault’s i…
Epistemology (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychoanalysis (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Psychotherapist (3 works) · Spirituality (3 works) · Indigenous (2 works)