Cult Fictions: C. G. Jung and the Founding of Analytical Psychology

ISBN-13: 9780415186131 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 132 str.

Sonu Shamdasani

Opis

Claims that Jung was a would-be prophet around whom followers gathered in a hero cult are not new but have recently been revived in more extreme terminology, generating a great deal of attendant publicity, by Richard Noll. The basis of this renewed attack on Jung is a previously unknown text claimed to be Jung's inaugural address in 1916 at the founding of his cult - otherwise known as the Psychological Club, in Zurich. In this book, the author looks into the documentary evidence for Noll's claims. Drawing on archive material both published and unpublished, he aims to show that they are not well founded.

Recenzje

'I urge those interested in analytical psychology and related fields to read this concise work. It models scrupulous investigation of history and displays the necessity and importance of thorough research. Sonu Shamdasani has provided another of his powerful contributions not only to the history of analytical psychology but also to our increased comprehension of the scope, complexity, and nature of our clinical practice.' - San Naifeh, Journal of Analytical Psychology

'According to the advance publicity circulated by Noll's publishers, his books purport to be 'ground-breaking works of historical reconstruction' bringing Jungian scholarship to 'a new level of sophistication'. Sonu Shamdasani has demonstrated the hollow nature of this claim, and he is to be congratulated for making what is, by contrast, a balanced and meticulously researched contribution to the study of Jung and his psychology. It deserves to be widely read.' - Anthony Stevens, Journal of Analytical Psychology

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Cult and Association; Chapter 2 A Case of Mistaken Identity?; Chapter 3 ‘The Experiment Must Be Made’; Chapter 4 The Tribunal; Chapter 5 The Imitation of Christ; Chapter 6 A Text in Search of an Author; Chapter 7 Sister Maria; Chapter 8 Sister Maria;

O autorze

Sonu Shamdasani is an historian of psychology, and currently a research fellow at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London. He is the editor of several books, including Jung's seminar The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga.