Modern Man In Search Of A Soul (Harvest Book)
A provocative and enlightening look at spiritual unease and its contribution to the void of modern civilization—one of the most influential books in the field of psychology.
Modern Man in Search of a Soul is a comprehensive introduction to the thought of Carl Gustav Jung. In this book, Jung examines some of the most contested and crucial areas in the field of analytical psychology, including dream analysis, the primitive unconscious, and the relationship between psychology and religion. Additionally, Jung looks at the differences between his theories and those of Sigmund Freud, providing a valuable basis for anyone interested in the fundamentals of psychoanalysis. This book is widely considered one of the most important books in the field of psychology.
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If just looking at Jung's use of rhetoric, as a byproduct of working so hard to disprove his detractors, he ends up disproving himself. Perhaps his later work has a less proselytizing fervor. His over generalizations and use of terms like "empirical evidence" and "it is well known that" probably seemed sound 90 years ago; to me his arguments come across as extremely closed-minded. His models might've been better adapted into contemporary psychological approaches if he invited personal interpretation, adaptation, and augmentation... but it is well known that would go against the empirical evidence.
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