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Book reviews: Jung: On the case of the super-ego
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JUNG Deirdre Bair Little, Brown, GBP 25
CARL Gustav Jung was a guru and a psychotic, unable to countenance
the thought that his theories of the unconscious might be wrong.
That, at least, was the view of one of his admirers, Anthony Storr.
To his opponents, the Swiss psychologist who gave us such terms as
'synchronicity' and 'New Age' was a charlatan who hoodwinked
patients, disciples and the general public for much of his 86-year
life, leaving a legacy tainted by accusations of Nazism.
There are many biographies of Jung, and whenever a new one
appears, the first question is which side is ...
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An unlikeable man, but was he great? Stephen Frosh wonders if we are better off for Jungian notions of the 'collective unconscious', 'archetypes' and the like Jung: A Biography by Deirdre Bair Little, Brown, pounds 25, 880 pp pounds 23 ( pounds 2.25 p&p) 0870 155 7222
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London
; ...seen as the archetype of the "wise old man". Carl Gustav Jung was one of those 20th- century characters who attracted...wheel turns again and spirituality is back on the agenda, Jung is attractive to many because of his intense spiritual...sad daughter Lucia, who was unsuccessfully treated by Jung in the ...
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A Walking Asylum and Its Head Physician.(Jung: A Biography)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: World and I
; ...people and the events in Jung's life but lacks a thoughtful review of his ideas. JUNG A Biography Deirdre Bair New York: Little, Brown, 2003 882 pp., $35.00 Carl Gustav Jung: healer; visionary; artist...head physician, according to Deirdre Bair's research. Jung, the ...
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Jung.(Jung: A Biography)(Book review)
Newspaper article from: Reviewer's Bookwatch
; Jung Deirdre Bair Little, Brown & Co. Boston...0316076651, $35.00, 881 pp. JUNG: A BIOGRAPHY, by the eminent biographer Deirdre Bair, is a meticulously researched...biography was authorized by the Jung family, who as his heirs and...objective in her assessment of Jung? ...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Falling from favour; Carl Gustav Jung.
Magazine article from: The Economist (US)
; ...new books on Carl Gustav Jung emphasise very different...would say over-chronicling--Jung's family life, letters and conversations, Deirdre Bair's biography investigates...serious charges levelled during Jung's lifetime and since his...find the central place that Jung hoped it would. ...
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Jung: A Biography.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: ETC.: A Review of General Semantics
; Deirdre Bair. Jung: A Biography. Boston: Little Brown, 2003. Deirdre Bair, author of biographies on Anais Nin and Simone de Beauvoir, offers in this book compelling and solidly researched insights into Carl Jung, a seminal figure in psychology who is responsible for many terms that are ...
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Jung: A Biography
Magazine article from: et Cetera
; Deirdre Bair. Jung: A Biography, Boston: Little Brown, 2003. Deirdre Bair, author of biographies on Ana'fs Nin and Simone de Beauvoir, offers in this book compelling and solidly researched insights into Carl Jung, a seminal figure in psychology who is responsible for many terms that are ...
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 "The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)")
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Book reviews: Monumental biography whets appetite for more; Carl Gustav Jung - A Biography by Deirdre Bair. Published by Little Brown. Price pounds 25.00.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
; ...McKEOWN CARL Gustav Jung was an intellectual...20th century, and Deirdre Bair's biography is appropriately...new perspective. Deirdre Bair does not definitively...controversies in which Jung became embroiled...controversy echoes on. Deirdre Bair does not ...
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Jung is not hung up on his size
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze
; ...question West Torrance sophomore Jason Jung is growing emotionally right along with...skills. But is he growing physically? Though Jung is diminutive at 5-foot-8, 130 pounds, there is nothing small about his game. Jung, the shining light of the West tennis program...
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PSYCHOANALYSIS'S 'CROWN PRINCE' A DEFINITIVE LIFE OF THE FASCINATING, FLAWED JUNG
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; Carl Gustav Jung died in 1961, and since then...candid appraisal must rest. Deirdre Bair, an experienced biographer...that she managed to persuade Jung's heirs not to interfere with...the committee controlling Jung's papers was exceedingly worried...very interesting diaries that Jung ...
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A Life of Jung
Magazine article from: American Journal of Psychotherapy
; RONALD HAYMAN: ALife of Jung. W.W. Norton, New York, 1999, 522 pp., $35.00, ISBN: 0-393-01967-5. Referring to Jung's own pseudo-autobiography, Memories...years, with the help (or hindrance) of Jung's faithful assistant, Aniela Jaffe, and...
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