The Undiscovered Self: Answers to Questions Raised by the Present World Crisis - Softcover

Carl Gustav Jung

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0710077998 ISBN 13: 9780710077998

Publisher: Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Lt, 1974

Synopsis

In this challenging and provocative work, Dr. Carl Jung—one of history’s greatest minds—argues that civilization’s future depends on our ability as individuals to resist the collective forces of society. Only by gaining an awareness and understanding of one’s unconscious mind and true, inner nature—“the undiscovered self”—can we as individuals acquire the self-knowledge that is antithetical to ideological fanaticism. But this requires that we face our fear of the duality of the human psyche—the existence of good and the capacity for evil in every individual. In this seminal book, Jung compellingly argues that only then can we begin to cope with the dangers posed by mass society—“the sum total of individuals”—and resist the potential threats posed by those in power. “A passionate plea for individual integrity.”—The New York Times Book Review

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Lt
• Publication date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0710077998
• ISBN 13: 9780710077998
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 113