The Black Books
WW Norton · Print & ebook · October 13, 2020
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- Who it’s for
- Jung’s notebooks trace his confrontation with the unconscious and the origins of analytical psychology.
- Genres
- Jung & Jungian Psychology, Mysticism, Social Scientists' Lives
- Published
- WW Norton, October 13, 2020
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Until now, the single most important unpublished work by C.G. Jung—The Black Books. In 1913, C.G. Jung started a unique self- experiment that he called his “confrontation with the unconscious”: an engagement with his fantasies in a waking state, which he charted in a series of notebooks referred to as The Black Books.
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These intimate writings shed light on the further elaboration of Jung’s personal cosmology and his attempts to embody insights from his self- investigation into his life and personal relationships. The Red Book drew on material recorded from 1913 to 1916, but Jung actively kept the notebooks for many more decades. Presented in a magnificent, seven-volume boxed collection featuring a revelatory essay by noted Jung scholar Sonu Shamdasani—illuminated by a selection of Jung’s vibrant visual works—and both translated and facsimile versions of each notebook, The Black Books offer a unique portal into Jung’s mind and the origins of analytical psychology.
Jung’s Black Notebooks
Jung’s notebooks trace his confrontation with the unconscious and the origins of analytical psychology.
Come here for
- Jung’s waking-state fantasies and personal cosmology
- His efforts to bring self-investigation into life and relationships
Expect
- Notebook entries kept from 1913 across many decades
- Translated and facsimile versions, with selected visual works
Where it sits
| Jung & Jungian Psychology | 89% |
|---|---|
| Social Scientists' Lives | 33% |
| Mysticism | 26% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- History of Psychology
- Jung & Jungian Psychology
- Authors
- C. G. Jung, Sonu Shamdasani, Martin Liebscher
- Publisher
- WW Norton
- Published
- October 13, 2020
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- History of Psychology