The Psychology of Jung
- Author:
Dr Jolan Jacobi. Kega
Paul. 12s. net.
This is a difficult book. It contains a highly c?(. densed account of the psychology of Jung which is elsewhere satisfactorily presented in a single volufl1 together with a comprehensive bibliography. Histof may well place Jung in a unique position among mod# psychologists. He himself has always been the & s?me n?^!edge his indebtedness to Freud. Moreover, such a i?1S Work lacks the intellectual force which is Freil(i ^ aracteristic feature of almost everything that seems tnK Nevertheless, in certain respects he P?ssessiri Ve Penetrated further than the master by his s?phicai n ?f a quality of vivid intuition and a philo- the nr0fUn^erstanc^ln8 which has enabled him to grasp events ??Un(l significance of mental phenomena as Unique ?-r^Plete in themselves. Freud possessed a always t analysis an(i bis inclination was therefore entered ? Search for the hidden components which times thi ? tbe dream, the fantasy or the act. Some- Was Df)js led him to adopt a point of view which of the vi entlally sterile and limited. A comparison the art<fWpo’nt ?*” Freud and Jung towards religion and Freudv w?u’d serve to emphasize this difference. clear tk?ana’ytical procedure is a splendid weapon to But the the choking weeds of obscurantism.
exPerien v1-Pt to explain some of the most vital human can be nk ln terms of the instinctive operations which sided n Served in them, becomes an extremely one- exPlaineHCec*Ure’ may often be found to have has som?t”othin8 at all in the end. To the reviewer it the neurn aPPeared that when he left the field of ence Fr S^S ^or the broader problems of human experi- eiple’ 0feudhas been in danger of violating that ” prin- to Point SU ent reason ” which the philosophers use solely in ?.ut’ that the loftiest result cannot be explained never man s- ‘ts humblest components. Jung has to studv tlf mistake ; indeed, he has been at pains as a sien fi syrr,hol whether in dreams, art or religion, of ‘ ant eveflt in itself, and not solely as the effect into that0016 ?t.*1er event. This has sometimes led him to respi, Mysticism from which Freud has done so much fescue us.
Without mP?s?ihle to review a book about Jung’s work Freud i rner|tioning Freud. It seems likely that without it may vf Wou^ never have carried his ideas so far ; ^ectinn6’*!00’ that he has more to teach us in certain Here S, Freud was capable of.
into a’c ?’ *s the psychology of a great man packed formed h*1 hook. The packing is excellently per- be taken., th,e meat is very concentrated and must a little at a time. C.H.R.
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