A provocative and enlightening look at spiritual unease and its contribution to the void of modern civilization--one of the most influential books in the field of psychology. Modern Man in Search of a Soul is a comprehensive introduction to the thought of Carl Gustav Jung. In this book, Jung examines some of the most contested and crucial areas in the field of analytical psychology, including dream analysis, the primitive unconscious, and the relationship between psychology and religion. Additionally, Jung looks at the differences between his theories and those of Sigmund Freud, providing a valuable basis for anyone interested in the fundamentals of psychoanalysis. This book is widely considered one of the most important books in the field of psychology.
Carl Gustav Jung, una de las referencias de la psicología de todos los tiempos, fue un médico, psiquiatra, psicólogo y ensayista suizo, figura clave en la etapa inicial del psicoanálisis; posteriormente, fundador de la escuela de Psicología analítica, también llamada Psicología de los complejos y Psicología profunda. Fue discípulo de Freud y profesor en las universidades de Zúrich y Basilea.
Carl Gustav Jung fue un pionero de la psicología profunda y uno de los estudiosos de esta disciplina más ampliamente leídos en el siglo veinte. Su abordaje teórico y clínico enfatizó la conexión funcional entre la estructura de la psique y la de sus productos.
Es autor de más de quince títulos, entre los que destacan La psicología de la transferencia, Psicología y simbólica del arquetipo, Arquetipos e inconsciente colectivo, Las relaciones entre el yo y el inconsciente, Símbolos de transformación y El hombre y sus símbolos.
Carl Gustav Jung was born in July 1875 in Kesswil, Switzerland, into a very religious family. He was a withdrawn and lonely child, who spent much of his childhood unable to relate to brothers or sisters. Partly because of this, he used to play with elements of nature and used his imagination to weave extravagant narrative lines about everything he experienced.
However, the unusual mental associations and the symbolism that populated young Jung's mind did not limit their reign to the hours he was awake. Jung began very early to have very vivid dreams with a strong symbolic charge. And, as expected from someone who dedicated a large part of his career to studying dreams, at least one of these dreams marked him for life.