From the narcissistic pact of whiteness to co-responsibility: a look at the racial cultural complex

This article proposes a critical review of racial issues in Brazil and its relationship with Jungian and post-Jungian psychology. We begin with a brief historical review. Then, we brought some contemporary debates on the subject, identifying the main publications of post-Jungian psychology and its relationship with the clinical work. The idea of cultural complex opens important keys to analyze it, as well as some ideas of the archetypal school on the subject. There is a strong racial complex present in Brazilian psychological life, which permeates psychotherapeutic care. As a conclusion, we point out the fundamental importance of listening to the multiple in the face of a homogeneous discourse present today, in a more or less direct and violent way. ■