Man And His Symbols
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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At the crossroads of science and myth, Man and His Symbols stands as one of the most ambitious and accessible works ever produced on the subject of the human unconscious. Conceived and edited by Carl G. Jung in the final years of his life, this landmark volume chronicles the symbolic language of dreams, art, and mythology, arguing that the unconscious mind communicates through a rich visual and narrative vocabulary that profoundly shapes human thought, behaviour, and culture. Jung, joined by four of his closest associates — Marie-Louise von Franz, Joseph L. Henderson, Jolande Jacobi, and Aniela Jaffé — presents a sweeping panorama of the psyche, illustrated with hundreds of images drawn from art, religion, and everyday life. Written deliberately for a general audience at the request of a BBC producer who challenged Jung to make his ideas universally understood, the work achieves a rare balance between rigorous intellectual depth and genuine readability. It details the theory of archetypes and the collective unconscious, uncovers the hidden patterns that connect ancient symbols to the modern mind, and illustrates how myth and dream serve as the psyche's most honest self-portrait. A cornerstone of twentieth-century psychological thought, this is a book that does not merely inform — it transforms the way one sees the world, leaving the reader to wonder just how much of their inner life has always spoken in symbols they had yet to learn to read.
Author: Carl G. Jung
Format: Paperback
Genre: Psychology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the crossroads of science and myth, Man and His Symbols stands as one of the most ambitious and accessible works ever produced on the subject of the human unconscious. Conceived and edited by Carl G. Jung in the final years of his life, this landmark volume chronicles the symbolic language of dreams, art, and mythology, arguing that the unconscious mind communicates through a rich visual and narrative vocabulary that profoundly shapes human thought, behaviour, and culture. Jung, joined by four of his closest associates — Marie-Louise von Franz, Joseph L. Henderson, Jolande Jacobi, and Aniela Jaffé — presents a sweeping panorama of the psyche, illustrated with hundreds of images drawn from art, religion, and everyday life. Written deliberately for a general audience at the request of a BBC producer who challenged Jung to make his ideas universally understood, the work achieves a rare balance between rigorous intellectual depth and genuine readability. It details the theory of archetypes and the collective unconscious, uncovers the hidden patterns that connect ancient symbols to the modern mind, and illustrates how myth and dream serve as the psyche's most honest self-portrait. A cornerstone of twentieth-century psychological thought, this is a book that does not merely inform — it transforms the way one sees the world, leaving the reader to wonder just how much of their inner life has always spoken in symbols they had yet to learn to read.