The Red Book (Philemon)

C. G. Jung

ISBN 10: 0393065677 / ISBN 13: 9780393065671

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2009

About this Item

Large, heavy hardcover in dustjacket. TOO LARGE FOR PRIORITY OR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING. Book is being listed in FAIR condition due to water/moisture damage to the rear jacket and cloth binding. There is related waviness to outer edges of pages at end of book with faint, translucent stain at edges. I have included a photograph of this. No pages are stuck together. And, in general, it is mostly waviness to page edges at end of book, maybe just 10 % of total pages and not actually that severe. The water waviness to jacket at back is obvious. And there is a whitish stain at edge board at back. Overall, entire book is quite legible with no images or text impacted by damage. Book is an excellent resource with this blemish. Otherwise, the plates are quite bright.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1749727938416

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Red Book (Philemon)
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393065677
• ISBN 13: 9780393065671
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fair

About this title

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The most influential unpublished work in the history of psychology.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.