Carl Jung spent a lifetime mapping the parts of the human mind that most of us never think to name: the persona we show the world, the shadow we'd rather not look at, the archetypes that shape our dreams and stories, and the deep well of shared experience he called the collective unconscious. This book takes those ideas and makes them genuinely easy to follow, without losing what makes them worth reading in the first place.
Written by Lily Yuan, The Pocket Book of Jung breaks down the psychoanalyst's core theories chapter by chapter, pairing each one with direct quotes from Jung himself and enough context to actually understand what he meant by them, not just the terms people borrow without reading the source.
What's inside:
- Psychological Types, including the roots of introversion and extraversion as Jung defined them
- The Shadow and the Persona, and how the two work against and alongside each other
- The Theory of the Archetypes, from the Self to the Anima and Animus
- Synchronicity and the Collective Unconscious
- A look at the criticism Jung's work has faced, and the legacy it's left in modern psychology
This is a hardback edition with full colour pages and sprayed page edges, part of the Arcturus Pocket Ideas series. It's compact enough to read on a commute or carry in a bag, but the production is solid enough that it works as a proper gift too, for a psychology student, a therapist, or anyone who keeps circling back to questions about why people (including themselves) do what they do.
Details:
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Author: Lily Yuan
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Format:Hardback, 208 pages
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Dimensions: 105 x 165 x 18 mm
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Weight:251g
Whether you're coming to Jung for the first time or want a clear refresher on ideas you've only half understood from secondhand references, this book is built to be read, not just displayed on a shelf.
