Jung: A Biography.Deirdre Bair. Jung: A Biography. Boston: Little Brown, 2003. Deirdre Bair, author of biographies on Anais Nin and Simone de Beauvoir Noun 1. Simone de Beauvoir - French feminist and existentialist and novelist (1908-1986) Beauvoir , offers in this book compelling and solidly researched insights into Carl Jung, a seminal figure in psychology who is responsible for many terms that are now considered common: the archetype, the collective unconscious, introvert and extravert introvert and extravert Basic personality types, according to the theories of Carl Gustav Jung. The introvert, who directs thoughts and feelings inward, is often shy, contemplative, and reserved. , anima and animus Not to be confused with Anima Animus. In Carl Jung's school of analytical psychology, anima and animus refer to: 1. The unconscious or true inner self of an individual, as opposed to the persona, or outer aspect of the personality. 2. , synchronicity synchronicity (singˈ·kr , individuation individuation Determination that an individual identified in one way is numerically identical with or distinct from an individual identified in another way (e.g., Venus, known as “the morning star” in the morning and “the evening star” in the , and even New Age spirituality. Jung was Sigmund Freud's "crown prince," selected by the father of psychoanalysis to become the first president of the International Psychoanalytic Association The International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA) is a federation of 70 national associations of psychoanalysts in 33 countries, and has about 11,500 members. Its activities include organizing an international conference every two years. The IPA was founded in 1910. in 1910. In 1914, Jung jettisoned Freud's theory to found his own system of analytical psychology. In her research Bair received unprecedented access to private archives, restricted interviews, analytic diaries, and early drafts of Jung's own writings. With this knowledge she presents well-documented disclosures on a number of topics. For example: * Many have claimed Jung was a Nazi sympathizer. Bair reveals that he actually analyzed the German mind-set for Allied forces during World War II and prepared reports on the best propaganda appeal to the German people. * Bair details Jung's relationship with his mentor, and his eventual parting from Freud over Freud's emphasis on infantile sexuality and the Oedipus Complex. * Bair discusses accusations, put forth in a featured story in the New York Times, that Jung stole his theory of the unconscious from Johann Jakob Honegger, Jr., a medical student under his supervision. (Bair was the first scholar to have access to the Honegger papers.) * Was Jung a polygamist po·lyg·a·mist n. One who practices polygamy. Noun 1. polygamist - someone who is married to two or more people at the same time polyandrist - a woman with two or more husbands and misogynist? Bair furnishes evidence and arguments surrounding charges that Jung treated his mistress as a second wife and insisted on a triangular relationship that lasted much of his lifetime. Jung's life and work touched on many areas including medicine, religion, philosophy, mythology, literature, and art. To find out about the influence this great thinker had on these domains, and to learn more about his private life, I highly recommend you read this book. EDITOR: MARTIN H. LEVINSON, PH.D. |
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