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[Whitmont] has succeeded in what can only be called an act of creative translation. . . . The general reader will get what has not been available before, a clear and lucid statement of the Jungian position, that life has a pattern of wholeness which can only be comprehended symbolically at this moment in time. -- "The Los Angeles Times
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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The analytical psychology of CG Jung is the main rival to the psycho-sexual theories of Freud but, as the author acknowledges and explains in the preface in this great book, there has been further development, fragmentation and schism since then. Which makes such a summation and over view as appears here of the basic concepts of analytical psychology such a good idea.
The book comes complete with a good, clear contents page, extensive endnotes, appendix for the more indepth reader, a comprehensive and long index serves to really open up the text and make it readable to anyone browsing or skimming the text.
The contents give a good indication of how the author has been able to summarise a large body of work, I have a lot of books by Jung and have read a lot of the material first hand and the concepts themselves are all here. The Chapter headings breakdown into The Symbolic Approach; The Approach to the Unconscious; The Objective Psyche; The Complex; Archetypes and Myths; Archetypes and the Individual Myth; Archetypes and Personal Psychology; Psychological Types; The Persona; The Shadow; Male and Female; The Anima; The Animus; The Self; The Complex of Identity: The Ego; The Ego-Self Estrangement; Ego Development and the Phases of Life; Therapy. There is also an afterward and helpful bibliography.
This is not simply an introduction to Jung however like those available from Anthony Storr and Anthony Stevens, Whitmont draws on a lot of secondary sources and other authors since Jung writing in the same thematic manner. It is a comprehensive look at the concepts of Analytical Psychology and falls somewhere between description and advocacy, which I think is fair since it is not presented as a critical analysis. The style and pace are good and I imagine that any general interesting reader could find the book as engaging as a professional, academic or studious readership.
Anyone striving to adapt to life through all the challenges and crisis it offers is likely to find this useful and interesting, equally so anyone who has considered for a time innate/learned or inborn/environmental questions.
The book comes complete with a good, clear contents page, extensive endnotes, appendix for the more indepth reader, a comprehensive and long index serves to really open up the text and make it readable to anyone browsing or skimming the text.
The contents give a good indication of how the author has been able to summarise a large body of work, I have a lot of books by Jung and have read a lot of the material first hand and the concepts themselves are all here. The Chapter headings breakdown into The Symbolic Approach; The Approach to the Unconscious; The Objective Psyche; The Complex; Archetypes and Myths; Archetypes and the Individual Myth; Archetypes and Personal Psychology; Psychological Types; The Persona; The Shadow; Male and Female; The Anima; The Animus; The Self; The Complex of Identity: The Ego; The Ego-Self Estrangement; Ego Development and the Phases of Life; Therapy. There is also an afterward and helpful bibliography.
This is not simply an introduction to Jung however like those available from Anthony Storr and Anthony Stevens, Whitmont draws on a lot of secondary sources and other authors since Jung writing in the same thematic manner. It is a comprehensive look at the concepts of Analytical Psychology and falls somewhere between description and advocacy, which I think is fair since it is not presented as a critical analysis. The style and pace are good and I imagine that any general interesting reader could find the book as engaging as a professional, academic or studious readership.
Anyone striving to adapt to life through all the challenges and crisis it offers is likely to find this useful and interesting, equally so anyone who has considered for a time innate/learned or inborn/environmental questions.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I've been searching for a comprehensive and consistent overview of Jung's theories for quite some time to help me tie together all of the theoretical threads of the Jungian dream interpretation process. This book is essential for anyone who is using the Jungian approach to dream interpretation but who is struggling to understand the psyche and its components.
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Consider This From a Non-Psychologist
26 Aug 2004
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I have a read a few introductions to Jungian psychology and they have all suffered from one serious defect. Namely, in their attempt to be understood, they didn't provide a sense of the expanse of Jungian psychological thought. This book is the sole exception. It seems to be quite thorough.
Apparently, some readers have found this work difficult. I didn't and I am not a psychologist. In fact, I read this work as a beach book while on vacation. I found it to be a helpful explanation and introduction.
Apparently, some readers have found this work difficult. I didn't and I am not a psychologist. In fact, I read this work as a beach book while on vacation. I found it to be a helpful explanation and introduction.
29 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Ed W. Can Do
7 Jan 2002
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If anybody can take the pains to read and reread a book inch by inch, over and over again, ad infinitum, until you reach the other side, then by all means read this book! Being able to learn, retain and actually actualize the ideas he espouses, as you go along, into one ever expanding platform is all essential to even remotely comprehending so much as the first chapter, let alone the first page of this entire book! Mr. Whitmont is extreemly intellectual and wrote this book for people like him that thirst for inner knowledge. The text is written AS IF you already happen to know a number of words used only by depth psychologists. So be prepared to learn literally a text book of data per every page. This work is hailed as the next generation of Jungian thought written by Jung's prodigy student and spiritual heir apparent. And cannot be expected to be instantly readable by everyone, especially those already angry with Jung in general.Yet with each new concept integrated into your understanding of Jungianism, there will be a definite reward in terms of personal growth. I promise you a rose garden!
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Bum Rap
26 Feb 2000
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Whitmont presents the basic concepts of Jungian psychology in prose which is, indeed, intricate (one of the less pejorative meanings of "convoluted"); but there is no better overview and summary of Carl Jung's astonishingly broad and comprehensive theories. This is not and is not meant to be a "popular" book but does seek - and reaches - a general reader who is willing to learn. The Redwood City reader takes the allegedly incomprehensible sentence out of the context in which it is embedded. On the page previous to it, active thinking is contrasted with passive thinking and thinking is contrasted with feeling. With that in mind - a "translation":
"Active thinking brings a representation (i.e. a likeness or image rising from perception) to a process of ordering and sequencing which establishes a cause-effect relationship between a given event and that which appears to [but does not necessarily] follow it."
Whitmont's next sentence points out that this interpretation [i.e. the assignment of a cause-effect relationship] is "imposed" upon the facts and because of this may or may not be a true and valid interpretation of them. "Pretentious" can mean "making demands on one's skill" - though I doubt that is what Redwood City reader means to say. In the sense of "unjustified claims of value" - which is probably what was meant, he is in error; but in the former sense, it is true, the book makes demands and offers great rewards.
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