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Title: Portable Jung (Viking Portable Library (Paper)) by Carl Gustav Jung, Joseph Campbell, R. F. C. Hull ISBN: 0-14-015070-6 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: December, 1976 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Crystallized Jung
Comment: Edited by Joseph Campbell, this 650 page book does a phenomenal job of encapsulating the essence of Dr. Carl Gustav Jung's psychological concepts. The Introduction gives us an overview of Dr. Jung's life and published books which is no small task. The book starts out by describing the functions of the psyche and how it develops from childhood and throughout the lifespan. The role of instinct and the unconcsious are described next. The role of archetypes and the collective unconsious is given a thorough review. The psychological types: of extraversion and introversion are connected with the feeling, thinking, sensing, and intuitive functions as theorized by Jung. Dream symbolism and alchemy are analyzed in depth. The roles of transcendence, the anima, animus, shadow and synchronicity are examined in the development of the psyche, as man creates meaning in life. This is one of the best introductions to Jungian psychology on the market. It provides a great sampling of his works and simplifies the concepts for the average reader. Most readers will delve further into the vast universe of Jungian psychology immediately after reading just this one book. Erika B. (erikab93)
Rating: 4
Summary: Adventures in the Human Psyche
Comment: I am not a psychologist. I am a curious reader who wanted to know more about Jung's psychology. I had not read any of Jung's work before, and now, having read the book, I feel I have a good grasp of Jung's major concepts.
Joseph Campbell edits this volume and writes a nice introduction, explaining briefly Jung's major achievements. At the end, he's included an outline of Jung's complete works, which catalogs the amazing fecundity of Jung's mind. I was hoping that Campbell, hero of mythology that he is, would have included some of Jung's mythological work in this book, like a clip from "Symbols of Transformation," but he didn't. What a pity.
After Campbell's intro, the book consists of three parts: one focusing on Jung's theory, one on Jung's application of his theory, and the third part contains some curiosities that demonstrate the range of Jung's thinking.
(Part I) Introduces Jung's Big Ideas. The collective unconscious; archetypes; the psychological types (introversion/extroversion and all that jazz). Most of this section is easy and stimulating to get through, until you hit the psychological types, which get very technical. If you think about how the types apply in real life to people you know, it makes plowing through Jung's dry descriptions a little easier.
(Part II) Jung in action. Campbell gives us a healthy serving of Jung's dream analyses, which I recommend skimming, unless you're really into alchemical symbology. The two essays on contemporary life are still fresh.
(Part III) The essay on synchronicity is a mind-bending read, and it makes you suddenly aware of all those little coincidences in life. "An Answer to Job" starts off as a playful, almost Nietzschean essay where Jung performs a psychological deconstruction on the god of the Old Testament. Then it degenerates into a discussion of the psychological development of the idea of god as traced through the Bible, which turns out to be not exciting as it sounds.
Even if Jung occasionally crosses the boundary of credibility, you get the sense that he's a true scholar, dedicated first and foremost to seeking the truth. This volume is a good peep into the mind of one of the twentieth century's most daring thinkers exploring the uncharted depths of the human psyche.
Another good intro to Jung that's easier to get through is "Man and his Symbols."
Rating: 4
Summary: A Great Intro To Jung. More Relevant Than Freud.
Comment: This concise little book was my initiation into the ideas of one of the founding fathers of psychiatry, Carl Jung. I found it to be as clear & complete as possible outside of actually going through Jungian therapy itself.
Any beginning psychology student wishing to understand Jung's emphasis on symbolism & archetypes would do well to pick this up (along with Man & His Symbols). The highlight of the book is the text On Synchronicity, with Jung, himself, detailing how we ascribe meaning to events we consider "signs", and the impact on our lives.
This book can also provide an understanding of Jung's infamous split with Freud, who had been his mentor. Jung's theories show themselves to be much more adaptable to the spiritual & individual conflicts of a person rather than the primitive bestiality of Freud's "id". Jung acknowledges a person's capacity to reflect & restore, therefore empowering a patient to find guidance & direction in harmony WITH his beliefs.
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Title: Man and His Symbols by Carl Gustav Jung ISBN: 0440351839 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 15 August, 1968 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Memories, Dreams, Reflections by Aniela Jaffe, Clara Winston, Richard Winston, C.G. Jung ISBN: 0679723951 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 23 April, 1989 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Archetypes and The Collective Unconscious (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.9 Part 1) by C. G. Jung, Gerhard Adler, R. F.C. Hull ISBN: 0691018332 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 August, 1981 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Mythos Books) by Joseph Campbell ISBN: 0691017840 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 March, 1972 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Synchronicity by C. G. Jung, R. F.C. Hull ISBN: 0691017948 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 December, 1973 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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