Ivana Ryska Vajdova
I am a philosopher and historian of psychology. My work examines the intersection of modern philosophy, psychoanalysis, and symbolic thought.
At the University of Vienna, I lead an FWF ESPRIT-funded research project developing a new theoretical framework for understanding interpersonal hatred. The research builds on my earlier work in the intellectual history of analytical psychology while extending into broader questions of human existence, meaning, and symbolic experience.
Latest Articles
How Deep is Jung's Love for Plato? Cosmological Echoes in Analytical Psychology. In: International Journal of Jungian Studies
Courage in Vulnerability as a Psychological Quality and Civic Virtue. In: The International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society
Jung’s Kant: Between Philosophical Inspiration and Creative Misinterpretation. Spirituality Studies
Jung’s Psychological Analysis of Imago Dei. Spirituality Studies
Process of Achieving the Self Archetype from Analytical Psychology Perspective. Studia Universitatis Theologia
Three Dimensions of Living Forms – Brief Look into Parallels between Adolf Portmann and C.G. Jung. Humanum
The Idea of the Unconscious: The Philosophical Roots of C. G. Jung's Psychology (2023)
Published in Czech, the monograph explores the foundations of Jung's understanding of the psyche and his attempt to address broader questions concerning human existence. It also sheds light on aspects of Jung's work that have remained largely unknown in the Czech scholarly context. The book demonstrates how C. G. Jung's key psychological concepts were shaped by the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, Arthur Schopenhauer, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, and Carl Gustav Carus, and how their ideas preformed his central concept of the unconscious, as well as related notions including the archetype, individuation, and libido.
Summer 2026