عن الموت والخلود

Encountering Jung

by C.G. Jung, Jenny Yates (Editor), Abdullah Arafa (Translator)

يجمع هذا الكتاب لأول مرة آراء كارل غوستاف يونغ حول الموت والخلود، والتي غالبا ما كتبت بعد فقده أشخاصا مهمين في حياته. يعرض الكتاب موضوعات رئيسية متكررة في أعماله، مثل نسبية الزمان والمكان فيما يتعلق بالموت، والعلاقة بين التحول النفسي والموت، والنماذج الأصلية المشتركة في أديان العالم والتي تنبع من أعماق النفس. ويتضمن مقتطفات من أعماله مثل "عن القيامة"، "الروح والموت"، "في شأن الولادة الجديدة"، "تعليق نفسي على كتاب الموتى التبتي"، و"عن الحياة بعد الموت".

Genres: Psychology, Philosophy

65 pages, ebook

First published October 4, 1999

About the author

Carl Gustav Jung (/jʊŋ/; German: [ˈkarl ˈɡʊstaf jʊŋ]), often referred to as C. G. Jung, was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology. Jung proposed and developed the concepts of extraversion and introversion; archetypes, and the collective unconscious. His work has been influential in psychiatry and in the study of religion, philosophy, archeology, anthropology, literature, and related fields. He was a prolific writer, many of whose works were not published until after his death.

The central concept of analytical psychology is individuation—the psychological process of integrating the opposites, including the conscious with the unconscious, while still maintaining their relative autonomy. Jung considered individuation to be the central process of human development.

Jung created some of the best known psychological concepts, including the archetype, the collective unconscious, the complex, and synchronicity. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), a popular psychometric instrument, has been developed from Jung's theory of psychological types.

Though he was a practising clinician and considered himself to be a scientist, much of his life's work was spent exploring tangential areas such as Eastern and Western philosophy, alchemy, astrology, and sociology, as well as literature and the arts. Jung's interest in philosophy and the occult led many to view him as a mystic, although his ambition was to be seen as a man of science. His influence on popular psychology, the "psychologization of religion", spirituality and the New Age movement has been immense.

Reviews

[CoolBreeze1978 · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the first writing of Jung's that I've read. I like that his analysis leaves psychology open to the phenomenoligcal rather than the limited empiricism of the behavioral or cognitive approach which ultimately relies on the materialism of neuroscience. Which is fine if you want to understand the workings of the brain and how it effects experience. This is the psychology of the human condition--thinking about experience, dreams, interpersonal relationships. I think Jung has something to bring to the table. Psychology is broad and necessary, and needs a social perspective, and an analytical approach to this phenomenon we're calling 'consciousness.'

[Anita Ashland · Rating 5 out of 5]

This remarkable book is a collection of Jung's writings about death, the after life, reincarnation, dreams about dead people, and his own near death experience. It's a slim volume, around 180 pages or so. It was like being able to sit and listen to Jung speak. If you've ever had trouble reading Jung, these excerpts are easy to understand. I discovered this work after listening to the editor Jenny Yates on the Speaking of Jung podcast. You might want to check out that episode and see if the material intrigues you.

[Cody Ray]

Confession: I didn't actually finish this book. I read maybe the first 1/3 of it in bits and pieces. I really wanted to like this book, but between the language or style or lack of substance, it didn't really hit the spot for me. Maybe I'll try again when I'm older. :)