Jung: His Life And Work, A Biographical Memoir - Softcover

Hannah, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1888602074 ISBN 13: 9781888602074

Publisher: Chiron Publications, 2013

Synopsis

This full-scale study of Jung's life and work is written by a close student, friend, and associate of more than thirty years. It is a lucid, penetrating account of his career, stressing the essential wholeness of the man and tracing the difficult path that led to that wholeness. From his earliest years to his death, through the crowded inner and outer events of his long ifetime, Hannah presents a view of the real Jung, not the creature of legend and cult. She treats his theoretical apparatus as well as such personal matters as his relationship with Toni Wolff and his supposed flirtation with Nazism. Here we see Jung's humanity and his genius as a "navigator of the unconscious."

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About the Author

Barbara Hannah (1891–1986) was born in England. She went to Zurich in 1929 to study with Carl Jung and lived in Switzerland the rest of her life. A close associate of Jung until his death, she was a practicing psychotherapist and lecturer at the C.G. Jung Institute. Her books available from Chiron include The Archetypal Symbolism of Animals; Encounters with the Soul; Jung, His Life and Work; and Striving Toward Wholeness.

Review

Of particular significance is the way in which the author draws on her personal knowledge to elucidate certain controversial issues and myths.... She records all she knows about them, providing hitherto unpublished information of note.... Her comments provide an authentic source for future biographers.... Honest, warm, and human. (2004-02-27)

...Fascinating full-scale study of Jung's creative life and striving toward psychological wholeness. A sympathetic yet perceptive book which shows how Jungian psychology flowed from Jung the person. (2004-02-27)

Hannah's book is a warm, very personal "biographical memoir." She provides much information about Jung's early life, and her interweaving of eents in his life with the development of Jung's theory is well done.... The book fills in many gaps left by Jung's autobiography, Memories, Dreams, Reflections (1963). Hannah tells a good story; the book is well written and presents a good overview of Jung's life and work. It would be a good introduction to Jung's life for undergraduates. (2004-02-27)

[Hannah] draws on her journals, recollections of conversations with Jung, and her sharing in the life of his professional household for many years ... and is fully of the kind of detail that can be important in understanding so individual a figure. Her clear explanatory narrative can serve as an introduction to Jung, and her sturdy account will also draw aficionados. (2004-02-27)

About this edition

• Publisher: Chiron Publications
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1888602074
• ISBN 13: 9781888602074
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 377