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Music, Mourning, and Consolation

2004; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 52; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/00030651040520031801

1941-2460

Alexander Stein,

Jungian Analytical Psychology

The attacks of September 11, 2001, prompt a consideration of the role of music in mourning and trauma. The intrapsychic functions of music in the mourning process are explored, as is music as a unique response to trauma and as a special aesthetic expression of a range of affects connected with grief. Also explored is the allied notion of consolation, a topic underdeveloped in the analytic literature.