The Red Book Liber Novus

Jung, C. G.

ISBN 10: 0393065677 / ISBN 13: 9780393065671

Published by W W Norton & Co Inc, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Red Book Liber Novus

Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc

Publication Date: 2009

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Edition: 1st.

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Synopsis:

The most influential unpublished work in the history of psychology. When Carl Jung embarked on an extended self-exploration he called his “confrontation with the unconscious,” the heart of it was The Red Book, a large, illuminated volume he created between 1914 and 1930. Here he developed his principle theories—of the archetypes, the collective unconscious, and the process of individuation—that transformed psychotherapy from a practice concerned with treatment of the sick into a means for higher development of the personality.

While Jung considered The Red Book to be his most important work, only a handful of people have ever seen it. Now, in a complete facsimile and translation, it is available to scholars and the general public. It is an astonishing example of calligraphy and art on a par with The Book of Kells and the illuminated manuscripts of William Blake. This publication of The Red Book is a watershed that will cast new light on the making of modern psychology.
212 color illustrations.

About the Author:

Sonu Shamdasani, a preeminent Jung historian, is Reader in Jung History at Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at University College London. He lives in London, England.