A Life of Jung
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (933 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393019675 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 544 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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What actually went on during Jung's sessions with patients? Was his mother insane? Was he a borderline case? What were the consequences of a homosexual episode in his boyhood? Was he pro-Nazi or anti-Semitic? Why did he fail to sustain any of his friendships with men? Did he sometimes mean "God" when he said the "Unconscious"? Why was he so secretive?. With notable objectivity, Hayman investigates the most crucial questions surrounding this enigmatic figure. Having gained access to a substantial amount of previously unpublished material, Ronald Hayman offers a rare insight into how Jung's revolutionary ideas grew out of his own extraordinary experiences. This "Meticulously Researched" (The Times London) biography explores the complex character of one of the world's most influential psychoanalysts
16 pages of photos not seen by PW. His break with Freud before WWI was a defining moment in the development of his theory and his career. While not detailed enough for scholars, this is a fine work for the general reader. One of the many strengths of this candid and discerning biography is that Hayman (Nietzsche: A Critical Life) enlists such provocative, alarming material to build a careful, nuanced portrait of his subject that neither excuses nor excoriates his actions and words. men are being transformed into a caste of knights ruling sixty million natives. From Publishers Weekly "The S.S. Placing Jung's anti-Semitism in a broad cultural and professional context as well as exploring his other influences, including his complicated relationships with patients and disciples Hayman has produced a vital and moving portrait of the man and his time. C
A. Martinez said Extraordinary and captivating!!. Extraordinary, captivating, and, in general, surprisingly fair- all of these words describe Hayman's telling of the remarkable life of one of the greatest thinkers of the past century. While there may be some characterizations of Jung that I am not in accord with, these are relatively few and did little to cha. Freudian Reading Of Jung A Customer Other reviews have pointed out some serious problems with this book: the scattered telling of the story, the sometimes unclear writing, the fact that one does not come away with a very clear picture of Jung's thought even after 450 pages of summarizing his theories. But there is another reason I was disappoint. Dropping in on the neighborhood madman. Sometimes I feel guilty for not starting at the beginning of a book like this and reading right through. Hayman removes such guilt by the curious expediant of neglecting to put his anecdotes into any coherent form. It hardly seems to matter where you start -- the author seemed to have trouble even putting indi