The Child - Softcover

Neumann, Erich

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060904739 ISBN 13: 9780060904739

Publisher: HarperCollins (paper), 1976

Synopsis

The Child is an examination of the structure and dynamics of the earliest developments of ego and individuality. In it we progress from the primal relationship of a child and mother through to the emergence of the ego-Self constellation, via the child's relationship to its own body, its Self, the Thou and being-in-the-world. We move from the matriarchate to the patriarchate; from "participation mystique" to the "standpoint of the Self around which the ego revolves as around the sun."

About this title

About the Author:

Erich Neumann, one of C.G. Jung's pupils, was among the most creative in building on Jung's work and carrying it forward in new explorations and syntheses. Before he met Jung he was trained in philosophy and medicine. He was also a poet and novelist. A native of Germany, he completed his medicinal studies in Berlin but, owing to the activities of the Nazis, left Germany in 1934 and, after studying with Jung in Zurich, emigrated to Tel Aviv. His range of understanding is apparent in his writings of which the major works have been translated into English. These include: 'The Great Mother; Art and the Creative Unconscious; Depth Psychology and a New Ethic' and 'The Child: Structure and Dynamics of the Nascent Personality'.

Language Notes:

Text: English, German (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins (paper)
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0060904739
• ISBN 13: 9780060904739
• Binding: Paperback