The Undiscovered Self: With Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams (Jung Extracts)

Jung, C. G.; Hull, R. F.C.; Shamdasani, Sonu

ISBN 10: 0691150516 / ISBN 13: 9780691150512

Published by Princeton University Press, 2010

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Synopsis:

Two timeless essays by C. G. Jung on self-knowledge and the exploration of the unconscious

These essays, written late in Jung’s life, reflect his responses to the shattering experience of World War II and the dawn of mass society. Among his most influential works, “The Undiscovered Self” is a plea for his generation—and those to come—to continue the individual work of self-discovery and not abandon needed psychological reflection for the easy ephemera of mass culture. Only individual awareness of both the conscious and unconscious aspects of the human psyche, Jung tells us, will allow the great work of human culture to continue and thrive.

Jung’s reflections on self-knowledge and the exploration of the unconscious carry over into the second essay, “Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams,” completed shortly before his death in 1961. Describing dreams as communications from the unconscious, Jung explains how the symbols that occur in dreams compensate for repressed emotions and intuitions. This essay brings together Jung’s fully evolved thoughts on the analysis of dreams and the healing of the rift between consciousness and the unconscious, ideas that are central to his system of psychology.

About the Author: Sonu Shamdasani is Professor of Jung History and Co-Director of the Health Humanities Centre at University College London and the editor of Jung’s Red Book.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Undiscovered Self: With Symbols and the ...
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: paperback
Condition: Good