In ways that are resonant with President Obama's call for new models of collaboration and problem-solving, Dr. Allan Chinen speaks on new models of masculine energy that transcend old models of the hero and the patriarch at a free public lecture in February at Sonoma State University.
"Backing into Wisdom: The Deep Masculine and Adult Development" will be held from 7-9 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 19 in the Multi-Purpose Room of the Student Union.
After many millennia of the archetypal hero and patriarch, men and women today are ready for other models of masculine energy, Chinen says. These new models reach back for inspiration to ancient cross-cultural folk tales from around the world.
They personify what he calls the "deep masculine:" They emphasize communication rather than competition, creativity instead of conquest, and healing over heroics.
Chinen offers a model for mature masculine development and a vision of apost-patriarchal world, with an authentic reconciliation of masculine andfeminine. His message is relevant to men and women, old and young, whowould like to effect creative change in the world, says Laurel McCabe, Coordinator of the DepthPsychology master's program at SSU.
Allan B. Chinen, is a psychiatrist in private practice in San Francisco, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco and Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is the author of numerous books on psychological development. More on him can be found at www.storydoctor.net.
This lecture is part of the Master's program in Depth Psychology new Public Programs series this spring, It is co-sponsored by Associated Students.
Future programs can be found at www.sonoma.edu/psychology/depth/events/2009
For further information, contact Psychology Professor Laurel McCabe, (707) 664-2130.
