Description: Jung on Mythology, Paperback by Jung, C. G.; Segal, Robert A., ISBN 0691017360, ISBN-13 9780691017365, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US
At least three major questions can be asked of myth: what is its subject matter? what is its origin? and what is its function? Theories of myth may differ on the answers they give to any of these questions, but more basically they may also differ on which of the questions they ask. C. G. Jungs theory is one of the few that purports to answer fully all three questions. This volume collects and organizes the key passages on myth by Jung himself and by some of the most prominent Jungian writers after him: Erich Neumann, Marie-Louise von Franz, and James Hillman. Th synthesizes the discovery of myth as a way of thinking, where it becomes a therapeutic tool providing an entrance to the unconscious.
In the first selections, Jung begins to differentiate his theory from Freuds by asserting that there are fantasies and dreams of an "impersonal" nature that cannot be reduced to experiences in a persons past. Jung then asserts that the similarities among myths are the result of the projection of the collective rather than the personal unconscious onto the external world. Finally, he comes to the conclusion that myth originates and functions to satisfy the psychological need for contact with the unconscious--not merely to announce the existence of the unconscious, but to let us experience it.
Price: 30.37 USD
Location: Jessup, Maryland
End Time: 2025-01-31T11:52:16.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Return policy details:
Book Title: Jung on Mythology
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 1998
Topic: Movements / Jungian, Movements / Psychoanalysis, Folklore & Mythology, Psychiatry / General
Item Height: 0.7 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Social Science, Psychology, Medical
Item Weight: 15 oz
Author: C.G. Jung
Item Length: 8.5 in
Book Series: Encountering Jung Ser.
Item Width: 6.7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
