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Title: Modern Man in Search of a Soul by Carl Gustav Jung ISBN: 0-15-661206-2 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: August, 1955 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A rich and filling anthology
Comment: The eleven chapters in this work are lectures (except for one) delivered by Jung prior to 1933 (date of publication of this book). For those of you who already own some or most of Jung's Collected Works (CW), it may be unnecessary to purchase this title. I found this out too late since in my haste I failed to check the table of contents graciously provided for by Amazon on this web page. So for the benefit of those who are intending to buy this title I have listed below all the chapters and the corresponding volume of the CW where these same essays can be found (note: translations in this work and those in the CW may differ slightly as exemplified by the change in the title of the first chapter).
Table of Contents
1. Dream Analysis in Its Practical Application
["The Practical Use of Dream Analysis", in CW 16]
2. Problems of Modern Psychotherapy
[in CW 16]
3. The Aims of Psychotherapy
[in CW 16]
4. A Psychological Theory of Types
[in CW 6 (one of the four essays in the appendix)]
5. The Stages of Life
[in CW 8]
6. Freud and Jung--Contrasts
[in CW 4]
7. Archaic Man
[in CW 10]
8. Psychology and Literature
[in CW 15]
9. The Basic Postulates of Analytical Psychology
[in CW 8]
10. The Spiritual Problem of Modern Man
[in CW 10]
11. Psychotherapists or the Clergy
[in CW 11]
Notwithstanding the fact that all chapters can be found in the CW, this anthology of Jung's essays is a rich and filling smorgasbord of his thoughts, ideas, theories, and opinions about the psyche around the time he was 50. Although I am disappointed that I purchased a title I practically don't need (having a good number of the CW already) I can hardly give this anthology less than five stars. Nearly all of Jung's works deserve nothing less.
And whether you're new to Jung or not, a must-read is his _Memories, Dreams, Reflections_, a work that he undertook during the last few years of his life, one which is definitely not to be found in the CW.
Rating: 5
Summary: The best place to start reading Jung
Comment: _Modern Man in Search of a Soul_ is the first book you should read by Jung. That is not to say that it is particularly easy; it is by no means a watered-down layman's version of Jung. This is Jung at full intensity. It is an ideal introduction simply because it deals with his more accessable concepts, such as the actual practice of psychotherapy, the doctor-patient relationship, the types of things a doctor should say to his patients, ect. It also deals with broader sociological issues and does not get bogged down with esoteric concepts such as alchemy and ancient mythology. Overall, I would say this is a perfectly crafted philosophical/psychological work. It is potent, miserly, well-written, well-translated, and never gets bogged down with unreadable, esoteric sections. It is not as far-reaching and revolutionary as some of Jung's works, but it is a magnificent work of art pared down to the absolute essentials. Overall it is one of the top five books ever written, by any author, from any genre or time period. Also, as a side note, I would recomend _Psychotherapy East and West_ by the American author Alan Watts as a companion piece to Jung's _Modern Man in Search of a Soul_.
Rating: 5
Summary: Best Jung book for the layperson
Comment: This book was written with the layman in mind, the book examines the average person's need to find his soul. All of the ideas in this book are still as valid as they were when the book was first written. But the need for this book is more than ever.
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Title: Man and His Symbols by Carl Gustav Jung ISBN: 0440351839 Publisher: Dell Publishing 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 Undiscovered Self by C. G. Jung ISBN: 0691018944 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 18 October, 1990 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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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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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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