Dr. Florian Kleinau

Dr. Florian Kleinau

Dr. Florian Kleinau is a German researcher, philosopher, lecturer, author and entrepreneur. This channel features some of his work in Jungian Psychoanalysis and beyond. Check out his websites:

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  • @clariita2004
    @clariita20042 күн бұрын

    I love Dr. Peterson dearly, but I've noticed how over the last few months, I increasingly resonate with what you're saying here... it's quite relieving. I'd love a deeper dive on this topic, if possible! :)

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau2 күн бұрын

    Same here - there are, I think, some contradictions in his reading of Jung … I’ll definitely produce more content on it. Thanks for your interest!

  • @ledeluge_
    @ledeluge_5 күн бұрын

    On regard of your last point, how do we find the objective path, or how we discern which things to follow and which should not. I believe having a strong logical foundation in something is key, you can develop it around math, history, psychology, etc. What is important is that you develop some foundation based on the colective interpretations previously developed. Having that foundation you can advance step by step, laying new layers of bricks that fit the logical framework that you have built within you. I'm going to jump to another anchor, the age of AI and LLMs, embeddings, etc, have demostrated that there is an underlying "order" in language and meaning, I don't know if you have consider these sort of stuff. But the idea behind embeddings for example, is that you create a high dementional space (mathematical space of relation between "things") and you can see how these stuff organize and relate in proximity within that "meaning" space. What is beautiful about this, is that after you have let's say an embedding space of text or images, you can sample it by viewing one item that for us have meaning.. Let's say that we have a image of a cat. If we move towards some direction within this meaning space, we can see other stuff that visually do not have meaning for us, until we reach another island of things that have meaning within this space. So, my point is that, all of those things within these meaning spaces are equally valid, but they are not valid for us and the way that we label things. The objects that we sample from these spaces that do not have direct meaning to us is because they lack groundings on our brain recipes for interpretation. What I find beautiful about this, is that you could say that there are infinite paths of meaning development that we could have chosen, but we just sample and label the things that are "useful" somehow. In summary, in my consideration, I believe we can find the objective path in regards of what is useful for us to label and to sample from the infinite universe of possibilities. The things we consider should be "useful" for the next step, now the question is: how do we know what is useful and what is not.

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau4 күн бұрын

    Thank you for this wonderful reflections! An undergrad I worked on and with a machine learning tool that clustered art pieces and other images based on low level image properties which are essentially the kinds of properties that our visual perception system uses to process meaning of images on a very low level. Essentially what I intended to find with the clustering of art pieces is whether there is a salience of aspects of the image that relate to this low level image processing individual cortex that triggers the emotional response that we have to these art-images. This would have allow us to essentially link the development of certain low-level perception criteria to a response that inevitably appears to be linked to a precept. these properties are literally line orientations, edges, shadows, et cetera, so extremely low level properties that have nothing to do with what we would consider in the common sense of the word. Basically, the suggestion here would be that the percept drives perception much more than we think while at the same time we could deduce from this hypothesis that we have developed a certain window within which certain precepts are clustered (which is language) To link this to what you have written - such image properties were essentially clustered around a prototypical or arch typical image that would contain exactly exactly those kinds of properties that would’ve been expected under a certain emotional valence. This means they were more or less related to this image based on a difference-score a measure of distance to employ a spatial metaphor… I always fantasise about doing is create a map of images - call them architypal images, if you will, clustered around a core that almost create a map of what we perceive as what … basically the question always remains on the level of subjectivity is a cat and when something is a dog …. But I guess that’s a ridiculous question in itself Anyways, I hope this gave some inside. I really think the prospect if you bring up is very valuable and highlights how meaning can be, to some extent, contingent but is always linking to something physical which intern maybe linked to something psychological - whatever that means Cheers and thanks again for the response

  • @ledeluge_
    @ledeluge_4 күн бұрын

    @@DrFlorianKleinau Quite interesting! Haven't though about low level features on images and how they trigger responses. I will look onto that. Thank you!!

  • @ledeluge_
    @ledeluge_5 күн бұрын

    I think in really similar terms in relation to global events and such, but I do not consider that they are not related causally. For me its just lack of information, we cannot currently see how ideas flow through the interconected network of people. Maybe we can see the concious state of the network (social networks probably can do those types of analysis) but the unconcious state is probably a lot harder to model and track. Just something to consider.

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau5 күн бұрын

    Interesting perspective. I think in addition to the complexity that we cannot grasp we also have to consider the fact that where we stand is directly related to where the whole stands (via, perhaps, shared underlying spaces) if we look carefully… thanks for the comment!

  • @umerwani1178
    @umerwani11785 күн бұрын

    You mean the I can't take much of masculine traits Integration,it is power within animus-anima to let emerge of masculinity within not out door entry to ego concious

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau5 күн бұрын

    I think the ego has a resistance against integrating the non-ego to protect its own stability. So the anima / animus can function as entry points into such an interaction.

  • @BishwanathNongmaithem
    @BishwanathNongmaithem6 күн бұрын

    Nowadays some youngsters idolize the violent,agressive type of personalities. Only if they truly knew of how much cruelty they are capable of ,most of them would be terrified of themselves and even try to be his good side of the being instead because of the knowledge of his darkness. Speaking from my personal experience.Pardon me for my poor choice of words

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau6 күн бұрын

    You’re absolutely right. We tell ourselves a story of what we are - the more we repeat it, the truer it sounds. But also: the greater the damage when it breaks down … thanks for the comment !!

  • @PeanutTerror
    @PeanutTerror7 күн бұрын

    would love a mini lecture on this!

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau7 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the feedback! I’ll record one in the next days!

  • @ianprevot5764
    @ianprevot57648 күн бұрын

    I would be very interested to know, how the collectiv unconscious changed now a days, more specifically how like woke, it doesn't have to be woke but how in todays age certain aspect of the psyche are beeing surpressed on a societal Level. Maybe this can bring some awareness to some people, because the way i See things, society in it's entierity is supressing the shadow more and more as time Passes on, and i believe this to be very dangerous. Maybe i'm also wrong there. That's why i would love to See a Video about that. And great video!! I'm also reading jungs book about the collective unconscious, it's really fascinating! :) (Sry for the grammar mistakes, english is not my mothertongue)

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau7 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the common! This is quite relevant and I think you are right about your suspicions. The danger is that the psyche in the end always seeks compensation because it naturally develops towards wholeness so the question is in what will it seek compensation this time. I will try to record a video on this in the next days.

  • @yura2424
    @yura24248 күн бұрын

    Somehow the sound comes only from one side of my headphones. Please check your microphone

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau7 күн бұрын

    Okay - thanks. I’ll try to work on that !!!

  • @MrPKDubs
    @MrPKDubs3 күн бұрын

    You can also change the audio track in editing software, if you want me to do that for you please let me know because this is unwatchable with headphones

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau3 күн бұрын

    @MrPKDubs Hi, I am not sure how to do this when the video is already uploaded... I fixed this on all future videos but do you know how to fix this on existing videos... Cheers!

  • @MrPKDubs
    @MrPKDubs3 күн бұрын

    @@DrFlorianKleinau you would have to edit the video file and then re-upload it. If you don't know how you can send me a private message and I can send you the fixed video back

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau3 күн бұрын

    @MrPKDubs Arrghh that would be awesome ... my Email is [email protected] ... thanks a lot - really appreciated !

  • @valclementine
    @valclementine9 күн бұрын

    Interesting ❤

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau9 күн бұрын

    Thanks! I am glad you enjoyed it.

  • @NoahJacksonproductions
    @NoahJacksonproductions9 күн бұрын

    Hey, I love your work, and really find what you say insightful. However, I do think that the video editing isn't at the same level as what you have to say. I'm a videography and would love to help polish up your videos if you would like?

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau9 күн бұрын

    Hi - thanks for your feedback and message. Some of the new content I am producing will be of better quality in terms of editing. However, feel free to send me an email to [email protected] and we can chat! Cheers

  • @briancomforti3890
    @briancomforti38907 күн бұрын

    @@DrFlorianKleinauI like that it’s raw thoughts, I have the time. Stumbling over some words never killed anyone. Thank you for the content and insight

  • @Reishira-ln73ks
    @Reishira-ln73ks9 күн бұрын

    If i knock would you let me in? Dow door.... 😊😂

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau9 күн бұрын

    Hahaha good one!

  • @yohanna5069
    @yohanna50699 күн бұрын

    I really like your final take here. Sometimes (and I speak from my lay perspective, since I am a historian and not a psychoanalyst) it seems that there is a moralizing tendency that arises from self-knowledge and even the notion that "the more I know myself, the more enlightened I become", when in fact this knowledge of light and shadow, so to speak, deserves to be seen by the individual as a third person. I believe that identification with the shadow is inevitable for those who scrutinize, but the "ideal place" becomes the non-action even in the face of identification. I don't know if I'm being clear, but I just came across your video and your channel and I found it very interesting!

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau9 күн бұрын

    Hi - thanks for your feedback and the reflections! I really appreciate it. I think what you describe is precisely the problem of hubris we all face. “Individuation” seems to happen naturally, no matter if we wilfully engage in it or not. But we can (wilfully - or better, as a consequence of the ego’s existence) diverge from this “trajectory” and fall into hubris. Sometimes I therefore think it’s better to learn to witness first and act second … anyways I appreciate the engagement with the material and would love to hear your thoughts on other videos too!

  • @Theactivepsychos
    @Theactivepsychos10 күн бұрын

    Imagine needing jung to tell you you hold the potential for evil. You’d have to be so self-unaware.

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau9 күн бұрын

    I think there are some aspects about ourselves and the world we cannot see from the inside perspective. Sometimes that king also stands for something within you that is externalised and we need this “projection”…

  • @Theactivepsychos
    @Theactivepsychos9 күн бұрын

    @@DrFlorianKleinau I was probably about 6 when I realised just how dangerous I could be. It took me another 20 years to realise I didn’t have to be that way and another 10 to figure out I could harness that darkness as an opposite to how I should be. Maybe if I’d read Jung I’d have fast-forwarded all that?!

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau6 күн бұрын

    @@Theactivepsychos thanks for sharing this!!

  • @user-go8zo8vy8x
    @user-go8zo8vy8x10 күн бұрын

    Could you do a video about the topic 'dreams'?

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau10 күн бұрын

    Hi - that’s on the schedule for sure. I’ll probably do a series in July. I also have videos on fairy tales and other myths planned …

  • @7.3v3.7
    @7.3v3.710 күн бұрын

    I appreciate the closing comment of it being a never-ending process and yes it is all about making peace and maintaining awareness and notes on what aspects of our light and darkness we are experiencing

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau10 күн бұрын

    Thanks a lot for the feedback. Yes, I think that is part of the main message I am trying to bring across in most videos. There doesn’t seem to be a way to exercise full control over once destiny so what we are left with is a kind of witnessing openness.

  • @kalebb6133
    @kalebb613310 күн бұрын

    You made the important point that our shadow and what is repressed as evil or bad exists in contrast to virtue and the collective “goodness.” I think it’s an understated point, that good and evil are interdependent and that this is fundamental in understanding the distinctions throughout history (and today) of moral systems. How the ego represents(ed) their shadow, to others, how genuine and open the culture is to the horrors their neighbor *could* commit, plays a role in the shaping of moral beliefs and social structures. I thought I’d throw that out there to boost u in the algorithm :)

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau9 күн бұрын

    @@kalebb6133 Yes, I agree with you here. Thanks for the comment in general - it's really appreciated. To reply to your point: I think the world must exist in precisely these opposites, we may be good today but only because we are (or could be) evil another day. It's the balance of those perspectives and their relativity that prevails. Thanks for the support !

  • @danielgreasley
    @danielgreasley12 күн бұрын

    I stayed for the whole vid! I will say it was very good - good cadence and flow. Thanks

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau11 күн бұрын

    Thanks! I appreciate your feedback a lot.

  • @davidhan635
    @davidhan63512 күн бұрын

    Du hast doch keine Ahnung! Du musst die Werke von "Asi Tony" studieren, gibt's auch auf KZread. Liebe Grüße

  • @anniee3
    @anniee315 күн бұрын

    i have a little trouble understanding philosopy since i am new to that but this video did help a little to understand this topic, thank you for the video! Now i have seen that all of your videos are on topic of Carl Gustav Jung, but is it possible to go over Arthur Shopenhauers Freedom of the will? I would like to hear about that :)

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau15 күн бұрын

    Hi Annie, thanks a Lot for your response - I appreciate it. Schopenhauer and Jung actually share some (intellectual) ground. It would be quite fascinating to read them via a vis. I will definitely look into Schopenhauer more and record a video in the next months. Thanks again for your comment!

  • @iCQ_www.SPCL.tk_
    @iCQ_www.SPCL.tk_17 күн бұрын

    correct 98% thanks for sharing

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau16 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the comment! What are the missing 2% in your opinion?

  • @iCQ_www.SPCL.tk_
    @iCQ_www.SPCL.tk_15 күн бұрын

    @@DrFlorianKleinau good valid question sir

  • @iCQ_www.SPCL.tk_
    @iCQ_www.SPCL.tk_15 күн бұрын

    @@DrFlorianKleinau not really an opinion, what Jung was doing is not all that about the "extended mind" This is a very complex matter and im glad to see u post this sir. Lets say thereis just 2% missing <3 take care

  • @prettyconcrete
    @prettyconcrete18 күн бұрын

    Great video, tip from an audio person - make your microphone audio mono so on headphones you don't sound like your in one ear

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau17 күн бұрын

    Thanks a lot for the feedback ! I appreciate it. I fixed the problem in more recent videos by simply using an actual mic …. Check out the latest upload on „approaching the collective unconscious“ - there it should be better.

  • @user-go8zo8vy8x
    @user-go8zo8vy8x18 күн бұрын

    Verstehe, du gehst in die Lehre?

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau18 күн бұрын

    Hi, danke für den Kommentar. Ich unterrichte momentan am Global Center for Advanced Studies im Master in Psychoanalyse. gcas.ie/academics/degree-programs/masters/psychoanalysis Liebe Grüße

  • @K_badosh
    @K_badosh19 күн бұрын

    great to see digestable academic Jung content. Love the content, however the audio can be improved. A better mic or an ai tool to enhance it, maybe ai-coustics?

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau19 күн бұрын

    I am glad you like it. Thanks for the feedback as well !! In my more recent recent recordings, I use a more sophisticated mic and camera set up (see for instance the video on the anima and animus). However, I am still uploading content that I recorded while ago in between - because I think some of it is valuable despite the audio and difficult to reproduce .. thanks a lot for commenting and watching - I really appreciate it!

  • 19 күн бұрын

    I hear women complain that men lack emotional intelligence but they're usually the ones that can't fathom what a man is feeling at any point. For most women, men are a placeholder for their wants and needs, not even a real person at times outside of that.

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau19 күн бұрын

    Wonderful! It would be interesting to contrast the mechanisms of desire in men and women. There is great work on this by some psychoanalysts - not Jung though… nonetheless I think there would be a lot of interesting material to find on this in Jung! Thanks for the comment! I appreciate it a lot.

  • @user-go8zo8vy8x
    @user-go8zo8vy8x21 күн бұрын

    That fits the description of what you get confronted with on a Psylocybin-Trip according to some experience reports

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau20 күн бұрын

    In some ways, yes. But then the problem is that those experiences are momentary. I think the idea would be to attempt an integration on a more permanent level, a kind of witnessing attitude in everyday life.

  • @chrislee5044
    @chrislee504422 күн бұрын

    Amen

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau20 күн бұрын

    👍

  • @user-go8zo8vy8x
    @user-go8zo8vy8x26 күн бұрын

    mega cool. Inspirierend, dass dein Vid keine Cuts hat! Dadurch wirkt der Vortrag authentischer

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau26 күн бұрын

    Danke dir! Ich lerne noch das flüssig und gut umzusetzen aber Authentizität ist genau das Ziel! Liebe Grüße

  • @user-go8zo8vy8x
    @user-go8zo8vy8x26 күн бұрын

    Danke

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau26 күн бұрын

    Gerne :)

  • @ArchADB
    @ArchADB27 күн бұрын

    Hello. Subbed very good to find you

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau27 күн бұрын

    Thanks! I appreciate it a lot.

  • @electricdam5162
    @electricdam516228 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the video bless you

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau28 күн бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

  • @matthewk6731
    @matthewk673128 күн бұрын

    No. When a man is on a date with a women, he is on a date with the woman, Her mother, her coworkers, and all of her friends, all of whom will be talking about him and judging him all throughout the relationship. What is his job, how much does he make, what kind of car does he drive, does he love his mother, blah, blah, blah.

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau28 күн бұрын

    Hi, that’s right. However, in a specific configuration that I am referring to here, theory would say that all these “expectations” you outline go back to the mother as the first installation of precisely this expectation I.e. “what can I do to make mom happy” and the realisation that the child can’t make the mom happy - ultimately … what do you think about that?

  • @windrock
    @windrock29 күн бұрын

    I love the intro music.

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinau29 күн бұрын

    I am glad you like it :)

  • @tomtilelliwalsh
    @tomtilelliwalshАй бұрын

    I like how you cite german terms, did you read it in German?

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinauАй бұрын

    Hi - yes, I do read / have read all of his works in German. Some works (or better: some editions) are more comprehensive in English … just makes reading more fun for specific topics. Do you read in German ?

  • @tomtilelliwalsh
    @tomtilelliwalshАй бұрын

    @@DrFlorianKleinau ​ @DrFlorianKleinau I am learning German - and am hopefully soon to be comprehensive enough to read works like Jung, Freud and Nietzche in their original idiom. I am far from being fluent in it but have been studying everyday since February. I've read part of The Archetypes and The Collective Unconscious in Portuguese but never got close to finishing it. That is really cool though! Do you find that you are able to get any unique insights reading it in German? Or does the English language's more nuanced description style (feel free to correct me if I am wrong about that), provide you all that is meaningful to fully understand the writer's intentions? P.S. If I could give any feedback, this video has by far the best lighting and video quality out of all your videos, and the microphone sounds great too! Thank you for the meaningful content :)

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinauАй бұрын

    ​@@tomtilelliwalsh Thanks for your reply - I really appreciate it. Which language to read in is a difficult decision. On the one hand, I think you have to read in the language you understand best if the material is accessible in that language... However, take Lacan (another interpreter of Freud) as an example. It is really difficult to understand the nuances of his work in English so reading the French original does have benefits. However, it take me personally half an hour per page (and I need a dictionary for most pages :D)... It really depends on your level of commitment. Probably my take would be: read it in a high quality translation first and then go for the original in some of the most central texts if you have the time. However, I do think Jung (in comparison to someone like Lacan, let's say) is quite descriptive so you are probably getting 90% out of the books when reading them in translation. Personally, I was raised German-speaking so reading German comes natural to me (same with English)... In the end, your mind (especially your unconscious) speaks in your native language - keep that in mind too :). Thanks for the feedback on the video - very valuable. I am still trying to figure out the best ways to record so this is very valuable !! It means a lot to me that you enjoy the content!

  • @tomtilelliwalsh
    @tomtilelliwalshАй бұрын

    @@DrFlorianKleinau Yes makes sense, well I am a long way from reading such texts in German still, interesting to get your take on it. I will stick to English and Portuguese translations for now. This idea that our unconscious communicates in our native language? Where does it come from? and also what would you make of that for someone who began speaking two languages at a very young age? Thanks for the reply btw.

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinauАй бұрын

    That is a difficult question. The notion of the unconscious as language comes from Lacan, generally. The idea that this would be your "native" language is a matter of predominance. I think your unconscious is largely shaped (this is simplified) by 1) your parents (this would be from Lacan) 2) your "cultural background" diverging to all of humanity at some point ... -- in both of these your native language would simply be the predominant "babble", if you will... the predominant exposure you have had. I would, without giving it much thought at this stage, suppose that with bilingual people you always have a dominant language (I believe I remember there are some studies on that?!) but that in the end, aspects of all languages will play out in your unconscious in the end ... I hope this helps!

  • @Harsh-yg3cc
    @Harsh-yg3ccАй бұрын

    can u add timestamps

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinauАй бұрын

    Thanks for your feedback - I am still trying to master KZread ... let me give it a try! :)

  • @DrFlorianKleinau
    @DrFlorianKleinauАй бұрын

    Does it work better now ?