Cult Fictions: C.G. Jung and the Founding of Analytical Psychology

by Sonu Shamdasani and Shamdasani Sonu

Book Overview

Controversial claims that C.G. Jung, founder of analytical psychology, was a charlatan and a self-appointed demi-god have recently brought his legacy under renewed scrutiny. The basis of the attack on Jung is a previously unknown text, said to be Jung's inaugural address at the founding of his 'cult', otherwise known as the Psychological Club, in Zurich in 1916. It is claimed that this cult is alive and well in Jungian psychology as it is practised...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415186145
• ISBN13: 9780415186148
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.4"