Two giants of twentieth-century psychology in dialogue C. G. Jung and
Erich Neumann first met in 1933, at a seminar Jung was conducting in
Berlin. Jung was fifty-seven years old and internationally acclaimed
for his own brand of psychotherapy. Neumann, twenty-eight, had just
finished his studies in medicine. The two men struck up a
correspondence that would continue until Neumann's death in 1960. A
lifelong Zionist, Neumann fled Nazi Germany with his family and
settled in Palestine in 1934, where he would become the founding
father of analytical psychology in the future state of Israel.
Presented here in English for the first time are letters that provide
a rare look at the development of Jung’s psychological theories from
the 1930s onward as well as the emerging self-confidence of another
towering twentieth-century intellectual who was often described as
Jung’s most talented student. Neumann was one of the few
correspondence partners of Jung’s who was able to challenge him
intellectually and personally. These letters shed light on not only
Jung’s political attitude toward Nazi Germany, his alleged
anti-Semitism, and his psychological theory of fascism, but also his
understanding of Jewish psychology and mysticism. They affirm
Neumann’s importance as a leading psychologist of his time and paint
a fascinating picture of the psychological impact of immigration on
the German Jewish intellectuals who settled in Palestine and helped to
create the state of Israel. Featuring Martin Liebscher’s
authoritative introduction and annotations, this volume documents one
of the most important intellectual relationships in the history of
analytical psychology.
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The Correspondence of C. G. Jung and Erich Neumann
Product details
ISBN
9781400865918
Published
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
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Digital bok
Number of pages
496
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