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Jung in Context : Modernity and the Making of a Psychology

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ISBN-10: 0226351092

ISBN-13: 9780226351094

Edition: 1979 (Reprint)

Authors: Peter Homans

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This provocative account of the origins, influences, and legacy of Jungian psychology is perhaps even more relevant today than it was when first published in 1979. By delineating the social, personal, religious, and cultural contexts of Jung's system of psychology, Homans identifies the central role of depth psychology in the culture of modernity. In this new edition, Homans has added an extensive foreword linking the core of Jungian psychology to contemporary works it has shaped--such as those of M. Scott Peck and Clarissa Pinkola Estes--that proclaim the power of Jungian concepts and theories to heal the alienated and isolated self in today's world. "Jung in Context is an intellectual…    
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List price: $6.95
Copyright year: 1979
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Language: English

Acknowledgments
Preface
Reading the Depth Psychologies at Century's End: Review and Prospects
Introductionp. 1
How to Read Jungp. 23
Psychological Factors in the Formation of Jung's Thought: The First Three Phases, 1900-1913p. 33
Psychological Factors in the Formation of Jung's Thought: The Fourth Phase, 1913-18p. 74
The Role of the Experience of Religion in the Formation of Jung's Thoughtp. 115
Sociological Factors in the Formation of Jung's Thoughtp. 133
The Structure of Jung's Mature Thought: Its Three Themesp. 161
Conclusion: Jung, Psychological Man, and Modernizationp. 193
Referencesp. 211
Indexp. 221
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