C. G. Jung: The Fundamentals of Theory and Practice

by C.G. Jung, Ronald G. Jalbert (Translator)

An outstanding introduction to the spirit and practice of Jungian psychology. Analyzed by Jung, Humbert brings a unique understanding of Jung's ideas, developed over many years within the atmosphere of French psychoanalytic thought. Translated from French by Ronald Jalbert. Humbert has a remarkable capacity to get right inside Jung's ideas, bringing them close to human emotional experience and forcing the reader to confront the implications. At the same time, the book has an exemplary intellectual quality. - Andrew Samuels , Author, Jung and the Post-]ungians This book offers a basic exposition of Jung's psychology that is both simple and profound. It is a rare book and can be wholeheartedly recommended to both the beginner and the most advanced student of analytical psychology. - Thomas Kirsch , Vice President, International Association for Analytical Psychology Humbert has a miraculous talent for clarifying some of the most difficult and complex ideas of Jung, while retaining the original flavor. His appreciation for paradox-such as illness and apparent health, health and apparent illness-brings us close to Jung's essence. - Rosemary Gordon, Editor, Journal of Analytical Psychology.

168 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

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.