RT Article
T1 Western Psychology and Muslim Psychology in Dialogue: Comparisons Between a Qura'nic Theory of Personality and Freud's and Jung's Ideas
JF Journal of religion and health
VO 53
IS 2
SP 326
OP 338
A1 Abu-Raiya, Hisham
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
YR 2014
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1668627361
AB In this paper, comparisons are made between a newly developed Qura'nic theory of personality and the Freudian and Jungian theories of the mind. Notable similarities were found between the Freudian id, ego, superego and neurosis and the Qura'nic nafs ammarah besoa' (evil-commanding psyche), a'ql (intellect), al-nafs al-lawammah (the reproachful psyche) and al-nafs al-marid'a (the sick psyche), respectively. Noteworthy resemblances were detected also between the Jungian concepts collective unconscious, archetypes, Self and individuation and the Qura'nic constructs roh (spirit), al-asmaa' (the names), qalb (heart), and al-nafs al-mutmainnah (the serene psyche), respectively. These parallels, as well as the departure points, between the models are thoroughly discussed and analyzed. The comparisons performed in this paper open new avenues for dialogue between western models of the psyche and their Muslim counterparts, a dialogue that can enrich both perspectives and advance the field of psychology.
K1 Collective Unconscious
K1 Freud
K1 Jung
K1 Structural model
K1 The Holy Qura'n
K1 a'ql
K1 nafs
K1 qalb
K1 roh
DO 10.1007/s10943-012-9630-9