DEVELOPMENT OF THE ETHNIC UNCONSCIOUS

The ethnic unconscious is conceptualized as repressed material shared by each generation with the next and with most people of that ethnic g roup. The material is derived from identifications that form ethnic ch aracter. Given limited attention in the past, the concept is gaining i ncreased visibility and vitality as part of the total self to be analy zed. Attention is drawn to the role of the ethnic unconscious in the a nalytic process and its value for understanding transference, countert ransference, and resistance.