The Essential Jung

The Essential Jung by Storr, Anthony. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781567311501.

A sparkling and up-to-date new cover for one of Fontana Presss strongest-selling titles. Jung was on a giant scale!he was a master physician of the soul in his insights, a profound sage in his conclusions. He is also one of Western Mans great liberators. J. B. Priestly, Sunday Telegraph Jung can sometimes rise to the heights of a Blake or a Nietzsche or a Kierkegaard!like any true prophet or artist, he extended the range of the human imagination!to be able to share Jungian emotions is surely an almost necessary capacity of the free mind. Philip Toynbee, Observer This compact volume of extracts from the twenty volumes of Jungs published writings presents him clearly, in his own words and in precis. Jungs writing is the key to understanding 20th-century psychology, psychiatry and psychoanalysis. Most of the terms of reference now used (extrovert, collective unconscious, archetype) are Jungian. This is essential reading for both students of psychology and the general reader.