Memories, Dreams, Reflections
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Paperback · April 23, 1989
An eye-opening biography of one of the most influential psychiatrists of the modern age, drawing from his lectures, conversations, and own writings.
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- Who it’s for
- Reflective psychology that rewards a few pages at a time.
- Themes
- psychology, biography, mental health
- Pacing
- Reflective
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An eye-opening biography of one of the most influential psychiatrists of the modern age, drawing from his lectures, conversations, and own writings. "An important, firsthand document for readers who wish to understand this seminal writer and thinker." —Booklist In the spring of 1957, when he was eighty-one years old, Carl Gustav Jung undertook the telling of his life story.
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Memories, Dreams, Reflections is that book, composed of conversations with his colleague and friend Aniela Jaffé, as well as chapters written in his own hand, and other materials. Jung continued to work on the final stages of the manuscript until shortly before his death on June 6, 1961, making this a uniquely comprehensive reflection on a remarkable life. Fully corrected, this edition also includes Jung's VII Sermones ad Mortuos.
Quiet Depths
Reflective psychology that rewards a few pages at a time.
Come here for
- Jungian perspective, lived and reflective
- Dip-in pages with a contemplative cadence
Expect
- Meditative, self-searching prose
- Insight over speed
Where it sits
| Jung & Jungian Psychology | 66% |
|---|---|
| Social Scientists' Lives | 61% |
| Dreams & Their Meanings | 41% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Social Scientists' Lives
- Behavioral Psychology
- Jung & Jungian Psychology
- Authors
- Carl G. Jung, Aniela Jaffe
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- April 23, 1989
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- psychology · biography · mental health
- Reading lane
- Social Scientists' Lives