Jung in Contexts

<p>The current interest in Jung shows no sign of abating with international controversy surrounding the origins of analytical psychology. <em>Jung in Contexts</em> is a unique collection of the most important essays on Jung and analytical psychology over the past two decades.<br>A comprehensive introduction traces the growth and development of analytical psychology and its institutions. The nine essays which follow place Jung the man and his work in three important contexts: historical literary and intellectual. In historical context Jung's visions during his confrontation with the unconscious his attitude towards National Socialism and the composition of his so-called autobiography are examined. Next in literary context two essays investigate Jung's reading of E.T.A. Hoffman and Thomas Mann's reception of Jungian ideas. Finally in intellectual context Jung's work is viewed in terms of the traditions of German and French thought from which it drew so many impulses: Schopenhauer Nietzsche Bergson.</p>