World Famous Comics: Introducing Jung, Second Edition (Introducing)
Introducing Jung, Second Edition (Introducing)
By: Maggie Hyde Publisher: Totem Books Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Totem Books Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 176 Publication Date: February 25, 2005
Product Description: Brilliantly explains how Jung broke away from Freud, and describes his own near-psychotic breakdown, a night-sea voyage from which he emerged with new insights into the unconscious mind.
Informative & Complete Survey Style. Review of "Introducing Jung."
Let me preface this review by stating that I am impressed by the "Introducing" line of books. With that said I chose Introducing Jung because I had a need for a fast and succinct knowledge of Jung the man and his Jungian Analytical Psychology.
I was not disappointed with my selection as it was detailed and on point with a clever narrative providing the subject's particular back story, in this instance that of Carl Gustav Jung, and the works that defined his life, without delving too far into debate, praise, or criticism. In short, it was just what I needed.
This text explains the theories that led Jung to break away from Sigmund Freud, and describes his own near psychotic breakdown in mid-life, a "night sea voyage" from which he emerged with radical new insights into the nature of the unconsciousness mind. This text also describes how Jung, through his patients' dreams, fantasies, and psychic disturbances, explored the psychology of religion, alchemy, astrology, and other phenomena rejected by science.
At only 119 pages (complete with instructive illustration) Introducing Jung is very well done in providing the reader with the salient benchmarks of the subject's life & works without the drudgery often accompanied by excessive interpretations and extrapolations by authors and editors who attempt to delve deep. If you need a somewhat complete yet "quick" understanding, this could be it.
Five stars.
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Jung in a Nutshell The book gives a good view of who Jung is as a whole person and not in a good way. The book says little to Jung's accomplishments. It portrays him more as an antisemitic, cold hearted, opportunistic, manipulative, off balanced quack with little wisdom to offer of his own merit outside of knowledge gained from Freud. The book seems to mock him more than adore him. The book makes alot of interesting inferences into Jung's character. Often, the humor and cartoons are too obtuse. However, I guess that's about as entertaining as a book on Jung could really be.
Didn't too much care for it I guess I'm not a big fan of Jung in general, and that might be clouding my opinion of this book, but I found it to be pretty dry and boring for an Introducing... work.
Really well done, insightful, no "dumbing-down" I found this book after I had already read quite a significant amount of Jung's work. I was amazed at how peceptive and witty this treatment really is. It makes a great review for the already knowledgeable, and I can see where it would also be an excellent first introduction.
The book covers Jung's early childhood history, his work and differences with Freud, the basics of Jungian Analytical Psychology, type theory, the psychology of religion, the uncanny and synchronicity, the I Ching, astrology, alchemical speculation, and it even addresses and debunks some of the controversial criticisms of his personal life and work. There is also really useful "little dictionary" in the back for those who are not yet familiar with Jungian terminology, or psychology in general.
The illustrations of this book are not mere cut-and-paste filler and distraction, but they exactly augment and demonstrate the topics being discussed. While some might dismiss this as an instructional comic book, there is no obvious "dumbing down" involved.
This is a excellent and insightful little book. In fact, I intend to read it again.
A Quick Look at Jung Introducing Jung by Maggie Hyde and Michael McGuiness
Carl Gustav Jung was born on the 26th of July in Kesswil, Switzerland. He was at one point, Sigmund Freud's student, however, they eventually parted ways due to philosophical differences. Sigmund's psychoanalytical approach was scientific whereas Jung took a spiritualist's stance.
Through Jung's work with the insane, he discovered that their delusions were drawn from a collection of archaic images and symbols and referred to them as "archetypes". The collective unconscious, he said, was formed of the instincts and the archetypes.
Jung was a fascinating man with fascinating ideas and concepts that have greatly affected our modern view of psychiatry and the unconscious mind. Jung was a scientist and a scholar but he used astrology, religion and ritual magic to explore the dreams and fantasies of his patients.
I would highly recommend this book if you want an easy-to-read and understand book about a complex subject. Each page of this book contains ink drawings, done in a sort of cartoon fashion, of the concepts being discussed.
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