Archetypal Psychology: A Brief Account (Uniform Edition Vol. 1)
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Book Overview
Originally written for the Italian Enciclopedia del Novecento, this indispensable book is a concise, instructive introduction to polytheism, Greek mythology, the soul-spirit distinction, anima mundi,... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0882143735
ISBN13:9780882143736
Release Date:December 2004
Publisher:Spring Publications
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.54 lbs.
Dimensions:9.0" x 6.0" x 0.5"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Very basic introduction
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This is a very, very basic introduction to the kind of psychology associated with James Hillman. The information is presented in short chapters (usually around 3-5 pages) and reads like a long Encylopedia entry (which is the form in which it was originally published). If you're a scholar looking for easily quotable summaries or a bibliography (more than half this book is bibliographic information), this volume would be useful. If you're looking to learn something or are after the pleasure Hillman's lyrical prose usually offers, you'll likely be disappointed here.
Champion of Soul and Descent.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
Having read a variety of Hillman's books and articles and also some by Thomas Moore and David Miller, this book is a good summation of Archetypal Psychology's major thrusts. Any longer would perhaps be too technical. A large reference list of articles and books is particularly helpful. It is less theoretically oriented and more practically oriented than Jungian psychology, and, from Hillmans lucid writing, easier to understand."As Freud's paradigm of psychopathology was hysteria (and paranoia) and Jung's was schizophrenia, archetypal psychology has so far spoken mainly about depression" p 41. Anyone who has experienced their own underworld will relate to archetypal psychology. It validates and gives voice to those personal and cultural experiences of descent that are marginalised and suppressed in a western culture that priveleges optimism, objective science, consumerism and protestantism.
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