Jung by Deirdre Bair

Jung by Deirdre Bair

Freud's 'crown prince', Carl Gustav Jung eventually abandoned Freud's theory to form his own. As Freud's influence has waned, Jung's ideas have gained currency. This biography considers his life and ideas, exploring the accusations of anti-Semitism and misogyny by examining his own writings.

Another biography of Carl Jung, renegade shrinkLike Freud, he has attracted an astonishing number of biographers, so what each new version must do from the outset is establish its special credentials. Why more? After all, it's always the same life. But Deirdre Bair has previously delivered impressive biographical treatments of Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir and Ana s Nin, all marked by painstaking investigation and scrupulous treatment of sources. So this aspires to be the definitive life, and it will be, until the next one comes along. But so thorough is the Bair version (640 pages), with unprecedented access to diaries and letters, that the Jung industry seems bound to slip into recession for a while, the market swamped with new product. Sure to be respectfully reviewed.

Deirdre Bair has been a literary journalist and university professor of comparative literature and culture. She has held fellowships from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller Foundations, the Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College, and the C.G. Jung Foundation of New York. She lives in Connecticut.

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ISBN 13	9780316854344
ISBN 10	0316854344
Title	Jung
Author	Deirdre Bair
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Little, Brown & Company
Year published	2004-01-15
Number of pages	900
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