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This Jungian Life Podcast

VULGARITY: What's Its True Power?

This Jungian Life Podcast

Joseph Lee, Deborah Stewart, Lisa Marchiano

Jungian, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Psychology, Dreams, Jung, Relationships, Selfhelp, Society & Culture, Psychoanalysis

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2024

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

How does the interplay between vulgarity and societal norms reflect and shape the human experience of freedom, creativity, and psychological depth?

Our collective fascination with vulgarity, obscenity, and profanity lies in the thrill of transgression and the need to articulate the unspoken aspects of human experience. As we navigate social acceptability, the vulgar mirrors our deepest shadow and wildest laughter, a space where sacred and profane dance in the liminal light of truth and rebellion. Engaging vulgarity challenges the rigid confines of propriety. Embracing discomfort and delight, it forges connections, releases pent-up emotions, and confronts the complexities of existence. In the laughter that follows the shock, the shared glance of understanding, and the relief of tension, we discover the power of vulgarity to unite us, to reveal our shared vulnerabilities that bind us as a community. By acknowledging and exploring the collective allure of vulgarity, we embrace a deeper understanding of ourselves and each other, where we discover the full spectrum of our humanity with all its messiness, beauty, and transcendent potential.

Prepare to discover…when societal norms around vulgarity have shifted, revealing the acceptance and rejection of vulgar expressions as mirrors of cultural transformations; how vulgarity serves as a complex tool for challenging, mocking, and sometimes reinforcing societal norms, acting as both a disruptor and a reflector of cultural attitudes; what roles vulgarity plays in humor, rebellion, and the psychological exploration of shadow; where vulgarity is variably accepted or condemned; whether vulgarity acts merely as a social faux pas or plays a more profound role in challenging taboos and sparking necessary dialogue; which aspects of vulgarity transcend cultural boundaries to be universally recognized; why vulgarity continues to be a potent and dynamic form of human expression, serving not only as a mirror to society’s evolving values and limits but also as a catalyst for reflection, dialogue, and change…and so much more.

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0:00.0

Welcome to this Jungian life.

0:03.0

Three good friends and Jungian analysts, Lisa Marciano, Deborah Stewart and Joseph Lee,

0:09.0

invite you to join them for an intimate and honest conversation that brings a psychological perspective to important issues of the day.

0:17.0

I'm Lisa Marciano and I'm a youngian analyst in Philadelphia.

0:22.0

I'm Joseph Lee and I'm a youngian analyst in Philadelphia. I'm Joseph Lee and I'm a youngian analyst in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

0:27.0

I'm Deborah Stewart, a youngian analyst on Cape Cod. God. Today we're going to have a bit of a rump and we've decided that we're going to talk about vulgarity, the profane, and the obscene, which is a very complicated social and linguistic topic and it is a moving dial constantly

1:00.3

from ancient times to modern times and if we're paying attention we'll see how

1:07.4

certain terms or behaviors slide back and forth between something that's acceptable or barely noticeable

1:16.0

into the vulgar and back and forth.

1:20.0

And Jung also has something to say about this as well as some of his own personal experiences.

1:29.0

And of course, this has to do with Shadow, and for many of us vulgar obscene and profane things that we often dream about

1:39.1

So with that. Let's whip it out and throw it around.

1:45.6

Joseph that was that was indescribably vulgar.

1:49.6

It was and I am really I am very naughty that way. I mean I reined it in on the

1:56.2

podcast but I have an extremely body sense of humor and have had since I was

2:02.1

really young. I know. So like I'm smiling right now the

2:07.8

the kind of delight in being

2:12.1

Profane and I mean it's it's just being profane.

2:13.0

And I mean, it's just to stay there for just a second, I think, I mean, I know that about you.

2:18.5

It's one of the things I really love about you that, you know, when we're just hanging out, you know, I mean, we made some of the most absurdly

2:26.5

stupid falker jokes about the names of certain ancient Greek plays for example.

2:35.0

And we still laugh about it.

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