A Primer of Jungian Psychology
by Calvin S. Hall, Vernon J. Nordby
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The contributions of Carl Jung to understanding of the human psyche are immense. Starting as Freud's most famous disciple, Jung soon broke away from his mentor to follow his own lines of investigation and discovery. Many of Jung's ideas are now considered fundamentals in the study of the mind, but other, more controversial theories dealing with the psychological relevance of alchemy, ESP, astrology, and occultism are only now being seriously examined. This condensation and summary of Jung's show more life and work by two eminent psychology professors is written with deep understanding and extraordinary clarity and, along with its companion volume, A Primer Of Jungian Psychology is essential reading for anyone interested in the hidden depths of the mind. show lessTags
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I recently pulled out an old notebook and several pages are devoted to notes from this book. I think it was my first real look at Jung and it set me down a path that crossed with his works times and time again. Wish I still had the hardcopy book, but at least I have my notes.
The book addresses Jung's entire system and provides succinct, memorable summaries of each concept. The Book is broken up into seven chapters:
1. Carl Gustav Jung (biographical background)
2. The Structure of Personality (the psyche, conscious, personal unconscious and collective unconscious)
3. The Dynamics of Personality (psychic energy and values, the principles of equivalence and entropy, etc.)
4. The Development of Personality (individuation, transcendence and integration, etc.)
5. Psychological Types (thinking, feeling, sensation, and intuitive)
6. Symbols and Dreams
7. Jung's Place in Psychology.
1. Carl Gustav Jung (biographical background)
2. The Structure of Personality (the psyche, conscious, personal unconscious and collective unconscious)
3. The Dynamics of Personality (psychic energy and values, the principles of equivalence and entropy, etc.)
4. The Development of Personality (individuation, transcendence and integration, etc.)
5. Psychological Types (thinking, feeling, sensation, and intuitive)
6. Symbols and Dreams
7. Jung's Place in Psychology.
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Calvin S. Hall was Professor Emeritus at the University of California at Santa Cruz.
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1973
- Dedication
- This primer is dedicated to our wise and good Jungian friends, C. A. Meier of Zurich and Jo Wheelwright of San Francisco, and to the memory of C. G. Jung
- First words
- In 1957, when Carl Jung was eighty-two years old, he began to write his autobiography in collaboration with his personal secretary, Aniela Jaffé.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)That is why it is a uniquely enriching and refreshing experience to read Jung.
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 150.1954
- Canonical LCC
- BF173.J85
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 150.1954 — Philosophy & psychology Psychology Emotions, Relationships, & Family Theory And Instruction Systems, schools, viewpoints Psychoanalytic systems Jungian system
- LCC
- BF173 .J85 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Psychology Psychology Psychoanalysis
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- Languages
- 5 — Danish, Dutch, English, Spanish, Swedish
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 16
- ASINs
- 9
