It’s important not to overlook that the declassified files, which precipitated the collapse of Peter Mandelson’s career, expose the depth and complexity of Epstein’s web of influence. Epstein was not merely a criminal; he was a calculated predator who embedded himself within elite circles to extract influence, protection, and access, leaving widespread harm in his wake. This pattern of remorseless exploitation, strategic social manipulation, and emotional emptiness is consistent with textbook traits of psychopathy, and the continuing political fallout underscores the risks posed when elite perpetrators can access and exploit powerful people....

Edited by Hessel Willemsen, Published by Routledge. “Working as an analyst for nearly 50 years, strongly emphasizing humility with a central focus on shame and temporality, this new volume edited by friend and colleague Hessel Willemsen encompasses reflections and writings dating from his emergence as a young analyst in 1975 through to present day....

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne on 28th June 1914 set off a chain reaction leading to the start of the first world war. Killed by a Bosnian student group that was supported by Serbs who feared the Habsburg Empire’s further encroach on their territory, Ferdinand’s death would ultimately lead to a rejigging of the European territories....

The term ‘perversion’ has always attracted considerable controversy. Perhaps a somewhat unfortunate choice, perversion easily implies a norm, for example a deviation from an accepted sexual norm, and a judgement about how wrong or right that deviation is, but the term has remained relevant and is used to assist particularly with people whose sexual life, experiences and fantasies makes them suffer....

Coline Covington starts by challenging the position of the moral philosopher Susan Neimann that “the group retains not just collective responsibility for its past but collective guilt”....

What’s behind Xi Jinping’s seemingly permanent Buddha smile? A diplomat’s answer might run along the lines of the secret strategic calculations that tell Xi the geopolitical balance of power is tilting his way. A sense of impending victory, hubris even....

Book Categories and Winners for Best Books published in 2021...

Winner of the International Association for Jungian Studies (IAJS) Book Award for Best Edited Book 2022....

‘A powerful, unflinching and deep look from multiple vertices into our contemporary collective descent, epitomized by the COVID-19 pandemic and systemic racism in societies makes Ominous Transitions a strong, psychoactive read.”...

Ladson Hinton is interviewed by Hessel Willemsen. The interview ranges over Ladson’s career, thinking, philosophy and contributions to Analytical Psychology....

The stark realism of Primo Levi’s experiences of the Shoah is considered in light of the current political climate in which the authoritarian other induces a divergence between reality, a state of things as they actually exist or existed, and truth, that which to some extent accords to reality....

Temporality has always been a central preoccupation of modern philosophy, and shame has been a major theme in contemporary psychoanalysis. To date, however, there has been little examination of the critical connection between these core experiences. Although they deeply implicate each other, no single book has focused upon their profound interrelationship. Temporality and Shame highlights the many dimensions of that reality....

Highlights of Dr Hessel Willemsen’s talk at the 12th Conference of the Journal of Analytical Psychology....