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Psychology of the Unconscious Paperback – January 27, 2003

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In this, his most famous and influential work, Carl Jung made a dramatic break from the psychoanalytic tradition established by his mentor, Sigmund Freud. Rather than focusing on psychopathology and its symptoms, the Swiss psychiatrist studied dreams, mythology, and literature to define the universal patterns of the psyche.
In Psychology of the Unconscious, Jung seeks a symbolic meaning and purpose behind a given set of symptoms, placing them within the larger context of the psyche. The 1912 text examines the fantasies of a patient whose poetic and vivid mental images helped Jung redefine libido as psychic energy, arising from the unconscious and manifesting itself consciously in symbolic form. Jung's commentary on his patient's fantasies offers a complex study of symbolic psychiatry and foreshadows his development of the theory of collective unconscious and its constituents, the archetypes.
The author's role in the development of analytical psychology, a therapeutic process that promotes creativity and psychological development, makes this landmark in psychoanalytic methodology required reading for students and others interested in the practice and process of psychology.

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Text: English (translation)
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Paperback: 624 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications (January 27, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0486424995
ISBN-13: 978-0486424996
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Insightful and thought provocative read

August 17, 2017

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well written and detailed book however as stated in the introduction, the book will be most useful to those who are interested in thoroughly studying Jung's ideas as it might be quite a challenging read for the layman. A prior understanding of Faust as well as some Greek, Christian and Mithraic mythology and theology would come in handy to anyone interested in this book. Nevertheless the book offers great insight into Jung's early thought processes and I would definitely recommend it

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Dense and rewarding

July 2, 2016

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The description above correctly states that sometimes Jung trades readability for erudition. He was an astonishingly well read man, a polyglot, and seemingly an etymologist as well. He moves quickly from the myths of one society to another, sometimes assuming a familiarity which I do not have. Still, I was able to understand the myths that he referenced from context, for the most part.

Jung believes, in contrast to Freud, that the libido (that is, what he calls the genetic libido) is broader than the merely sexual libido. He "proves" this assertion through an analysis of the disinvestment of the world by the libido in psychosis. This disinvestment, Jung argues, is so complete in psychosis that it cannot possibly be merely the disinvestment of the sexual libido. That is, the subtraction of the sexual libido's energy from the individual's engagement with the world could not explain the completeness of the individual's disengagement with the world in psychosis. This seems to me to be a strong argument, if one accepts the premise that neurosis and psychosis can be explained by degrees of investment of the libido.

I was less convinced by his contention that as one becomes disengaged with the world, one regresses into oneself such that one's thought processes come to reflect the thought processes of earlier societies. For one, this is problematic because it assumes that some societies are more "primitive" than other societies. Secondly, it seems a bit outlandish to claim that, somehow, antique Greek myths are lying beneath the conscious mind of, for example, your average uneducated Middle American. Nonetheless, Jung marshals a huge amount of anecdotal evidence—from his practice and from mythology and literature—in support of this claim. It is enough, at least, to assume the claim is correct in order to follow his analysis of Ms. Miller through the rest of the book.

I won't go over his discussions of the importance of the symbols of fire, trees, the sun's going up and down, dragons, sea monsters, treasures obtained at difficulty, etc. All of his arguments are, again, supported by a frankly unbelievable array of examples in literature, mythology, and Jung's clinical practice.

In the end, I both was seriously challenged by and really enjoyed this book. I feel like it has given me another vocabulary with which to engage with literature, film, and art. I would strongly recommend it to anyone who is interested in the subject.

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July 4, 2016

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Great book just difficult to read. Def not a beginners book. So choose wisely if you're new to the subject matter.

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Love how it starts off with the one myth I ...

November 12, 2017

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Love how it starts off with the one myth I truly wanted insight on which is the Oedipus complex. And thats only three pages in cant wait to lea4n more from this great sage of his time!

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Robert M. Moynihan

July 26, 2018

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great book

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March 8, 2016

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Good book

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October 24, 2009

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This book is a must for anyone who wants to know more about Jung. The poetry and mythology are actually more interesting than the psychology. Jung was a brave trail blazer going boldly where no man had gone before. Yet he makes too much of the Oedipus story and this is more Freud's fault than Jung's. To associate the Oedipus drama, a purely fictional creation, with Western theology is a pretty warped idea. If you can filter out the Jungian sexual obsessions, it is a pretty thought provoking work.

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It isn't always pleasant confronting things unknown...

December 31, 2015

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I don't agree with everything he says but this book is essential reading in understanding our minds. It isn't always pleasant confronting things unknown about the self but is necessary to improve one's life, so it is hard to say one would like or even love this book in the beginning but I think once the work begins one will come to love the man's thinking.

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