The Cambridge Companion to Jung

The second edition of this contributory volume examines Jung's life and work, extensively revised and updated.

Polly Young-Eisendrath (Edited by), Terence Dawson (Edited by)

9780521865999, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 1 May 2008

380 pages, 3 b/w illus. 1 table
23.4 x 15.8 x 2.8 cm, 0.73 kg

"The backgrounds of the essayists are diverse, as are their views regarding Carl Jung and his work...Young-Eisendrath's essay on Jung and Buddhism is invaluable, as is Dawson's on literary criticism. Summing up: Recommended."
- J. Bailey, Choice

This second edition represents a wide-ranging critical introduction to the psychology of Carl Jung, one of the founders of psychoanalysis. Including two new essays and thorough revisions of most of the original chapters, it constitutes a radical assessment of his legacy. Andrew Samuels' introduction succinctly articulates the challenges facing the Jungian community. The fifteen essays set Jung in the context of his own time, outline the current practice and theory of Jungian psychology and show how Jungians continue to question and evolve his thinking and apply it to aspects of modern culture and psychoanalysis. The volume includes a full chronology of Jung's life and work, extensively revised and up to date bibliographies, a case study and a glossary. It is an indispensable reference tool for both students and specialists, written by an international team of Jungian analysts and scholars from various disciplines.

Chronology
Introduction: New developments in the post-Jungian field Andrew Samuels
Part I. Jung's Ideas and their Context: 1. The historical context of analytical psychology Claire Douglas
2. Freud, Jung and psychoanalysis Douglas A. Davis
3. The creative psyche: Jung's major contributions Sherry Salman
4. Psychic imaging: a bridge between subject and object Paul Kugler
Part II. Analytical Psychology in Practice: 5. The classical Jungian school David L. Hart
6. The archetypal school Michael Vannoy Adams
7. The developmental school Hester McFarland Solomon
8. Transference and countertransference Christopher Perry
9. Me and my anima: the Jungian/Freudian interface Elio J. Frattaroli
10. The case of Joan: classical, archetypal and developmental approaches (a) A classical approach John Beebe, (b) An archetypal approach Deldon McNeely, (c) A developmental approach Rosemary Gordon
Part III. Analytical Psychology in Society: 11. Jung and Buddhism: refining the dialogue Polly Young-Eisendrath
12. A Jungian analysis of Homer's Odyssey Joseph Russo
13. Literary criticism and analytical psychology Terence Dawson
14. Jung and politics Lawrence R. Alschuler
15. Jung and religion: the opposing self Ann Ulanov.

Subject Areas: Analytical & Jungian psychology [JMAJ], Psychology [JM], Philosophy [HP]