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Description for Answer to Job
Paperback. Confronts the story of the man who challenged God, the man who experienced hell on earth and still did not reject his faith. This title examines the symbolic role that theological concepts play in an individual's psychic life. Translator(s): Hull, R. F. C. Series: Jung Extracts S. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 142.
Considered one of Jung's most controversial works, Answer to Job also stands as Jung's most extensive commentary on a biblical text. Here, he confronts the story of the man who challenged God, the man who experienced hell on earth and still did not reject his faith. Job's journey parallels Jung's own experience--as reported in The Red Book: Liber Novus--of descending into the depths of his own unconscious, confronting and reconciling the rejected aspects of his soul. This paperback edition of Jung's classic work includes a new foreword by Sonu Shamdasani, Philemon Professor of Jung History at University College London. Described ... Read more
Considered one of Jung's most controversial works, Answer to Job also stands as Jung's most extensive commentary on a biblical text. Here, he confronts the story of the man who challenged God, the man who experienced hell on earth and still did not reject his faith. Job's journey parallels Jung's own experience--as reported in The Red Book: Liber Novus--of descending into the depths of his own unconscious, confronting and reconciling the rejected aspects of his soul. This paperback edition of Jung's classic work includes a new foreword by Sonu Shamdasani, Philemon Professor of Jung History at University College London. Described ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University Press Group Ltd United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Series
Jung Extracts S.
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691150475
SKU
V9780691150475
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About C. G. Jung
Sonu Shamdasani is editor of "The Red Book" and Philemon Professor of Jung History at University College London.
Reviews for Answer to Job
Praise from previous edition: "This book breathes a passionate wish for the regeneration of mankind, integrating the destructive impulse rather than repressing it."
Times Literary Supplement Praise from previous edition: "Dr. Jung speaks with the authority and conviction of his professional insight into the mind of an age whose great longing is for some new heavenly marriage that shall produce a ... Read more
Times Literary Supplement Praise from previous edition: "Dr. Jung speaks with the authority and conviction of his professional insight into the mind of an age whose great longing is for some new heavenly marriage that shall produce a ... Read more