Product Description

Essential reading for anyone requiring a proper understanding of Jung's psychology, this was the work in which Jung set out his theory of psychological types as a means of understanding ourselves and the world around us.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #73800 in Books
• Published on: 1992-01-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 640 pages

From the Back Cover
Psychological Types is one of Jung's most important and most famous works. First published by Routledge (Kegan Paul) in the early 1920s it appeared after Jung's so-called fallow period, during which he published little, and it is perhaps the first significant book to appear after his own confrontation with the unconscious. It is the book that introduced the world to the terms 'extravert' and 'introvert'.
Though very much associated with the unconscious, in Psychological Types Jung shows himself to be a supreme theorist of the conscious. In putting forward his system of psychological types Jung provides a means for understanding ourselves and the world around us: our different patterns of behaviour, our relationships, marriage, national and international conflict, organizational functioning.
Appearing in paperback for the first time this central volume from Jung's Collected Works will be essential to anyone requiring a proper understanding of Jung's psychology.

Customer Reviews

Brilliant (but slow going)
A genuinely brilliant and convincing read with none of those slightly unsatisfying gaps that characterised 'Archtypes and the Collective Unconsciousness' and none of the bewildering mumbo-jumbo that relegated Aion still unfinished gathering dust on the bookshelf. While the language is never obscure or difficult Jung can labour things a bit at times so it can be slow going, . Nevertheless it is absolutely worth the time & patience. One of the most interesting ( as opposed to entertaining) books i've ever had the priviledge of reading. A Full Five stars for the fascinating content, Three and a half ( maybe four ) stars for style and delivery. Highly recommended (to patient readers).