Anthony Stevens is also the author of Archetype: A Natural History of the Self (1982), On Jung (1990), and,
most recently, The Two Million-Year-Old Self (1993).
Summary
A concise and readable introduction to one of the foremost thinkers of our time
This is the most lucid and timely introduction to the thought of Carl Gustav Jung available to date. Though he
was a prolific writer and an original thinker of vast erudition, Jung lacked a gift for clear exposition, and his
ideas are less widely appreciated than they deserve to be. Now, in this extremely accessible introduction, Anthony
Stevens--one of Britain's foremost Jungian analysts--clearly explains the basic concepts of Jungian psychology:
the collective unconscious, complex, archetype, shadow, persona, anima, animus, and the individualization of the
Self. A small masterpiece of insight and concision, this volume offers a clear portrait of one of the twentieth
century's most important and controversial thinkers.
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
1. The man and his psychology
2. Archetypes and the collective unconsious
3. The stages of life
4. Psychological types
5. Dreams
6. Therapy
7. Jung's alleged anti-Semitism
8. The summing-up
