The Transdisciplinary Chair and the Mainstream Shadow: An Analysis Starting from the ADJURIS Volumes 1 and 2 through the HPTD-M Theory Perspective

The objective of this article is to compare the many approaches of TD presented in the 2024 ADJURIS Book Volumes 1 and 2 ‘For an International Transdisciplinary Chair’, showing that the HPTD-M theory can dialogue with all of them and be used as a mediation tool. Considering the HPTD-M concepts of Analytic or Hard and Synthetic or Soft: the first is related to rational and empirical types of intelligence, and the second to emotional and intuitive. Through our analysis two TD mainstreams were found, regarding the dominance of one or another, but in the end TD is about the dialogue of the two complementarities, i.e., AnalyticSynthetic and Hard-Soft. From an emotional intelligence shadow perspective, it is not enough to induce transformation and paradigm shift through intellectual convincement. More than that, emotional acceptance is necessary on personal and collective levels. The findings in this text involve i) the connection of the mainstream emotional shadow with the reduction of Subject to Object, ii) a list of four dysfunctions in universities, and iii) the gap in awareness among Jungians in the USA and Europe about TD and among TD academics in these regions about Jungian Analytical Psychology, despite their convergence in many aspects. TD is not a mere theoretical framework but also a practical tool for addressing complex problems, as evidenced by the various HPTD-M schematic models. To conclude, some reflections on the mainstream shadows through complementarities and reductionisms are demonstrated as follows. 1. Complementarities (dualities in interaction): 1.1 Subject and Object. 1.2 Analytic-Hard and Synthetic-Soft. 1.3 Generalists and Specialists. 1.4 Bureaucracy and Innovation. 1.5 Complexity and Simplicity. 2. Reductionism (broader concepts that tend to be in the shadow): 2.1 Understanding replaced by Knowing. 2.2 Ideas replaced by Ideologies. 2.3 Technoscience replaced by Scientism.