How to Read Jung (How to Read) [Paperback]

David Tacey (Author)

Book Description

Series: How to Read | Publication Date: January 17, 2007

“The world today hangs by a thin thread, and that thread is the psyche of man.”—Carl Gustav Jung

The How to Read series provides a context and an explanation that will facilitate and enrich your understanding of texts vital to the canon. These books use excerpts from the major texts to explain essential topics, such as C. G. Jung's dynamic vision of the self, pitted against an ailing Western civilization.

Jung was the original anti-psychiatrist, who believed that the real patient was not the suffering individual, but a sick and ailing Western civilization. His true aim, in all of his work, was a therapy of the West.

David Tacey introduces the reader to Jung’s unique style and approach, which is at once scientific and prophetic. He explores the radical themes at the core of Jung’s psychology, and interprets the dynamic vision of the whole self that inspires and motivates Jung’s work.

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About the Author

David Tacey is Associate Professor of English and Reader in Psychoanalytic Studies at La Trobe University, Melbourne. He is the author of eight books on psychoanalysis and cultural studies, including Jung and the New Age and The Spirituality Revolution and co-editor (with Ann Casement) of The Idea of the Numinous: Contemporary Jungian and Psychoanalytic Perspectives.


Simon Critchley is a professor of philosophy at the New School for Social Research, and at the University of Essex, Colchester. His many books include Infinitely Demanding, Ethics-Politics-Subjectivity and, most recently, The Book of Dead Philosophers.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition (January 17, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0393329534
• ISBN-13: 978-0393329537
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #943,164 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. David Tacey is Reader in literature and depth psychology at La Trobe University, Melbourne.
He is the author of eight books, including Jung and the New Age (2001), The Spirituality Revolution (2003) and How to Read Jung (2006).
He was born in Melbourne and raised in Alice Springs, central Australia. It was here that he was influenced by Aboriginal cultures and their religion and cosmology.
After completing a PhD degree at the University of Adelaide, David Tacey was a Harkness Fellow in the United States, where his studies were supervised by James Hillman.
He regularly gives lecture courses at the summer school of the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich.

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I am a layman but I appreciate good writing, and this book exemplifies it. Swift, accessible, and eloquent, focused on a fascinating subject. For me personally, a profound introduction to the thought of Carl Jung.