Author(s): Stevens, Anthony
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Biographies
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: NA329812
Barcode: 9789626342985
Release Date: 09/2003

STEVENS, A.: Jung - A Very Short Introduction (Abridged)

Anthony Stevens argues that Jung’s visionary powers and profound spirituality have helped many to find an alternative set of values to the arid materialism prevailing in Western society. This concise introduction explains clearly the basic concepts of Jungian psychology; the collective unconscious, complex, archetype, shadow, persona, anima, animus and the individuation of the Self. Anthony Stevens examines Jung’s views on such disparate subjects as myth, religion, alchemy, ‘synchronicity’, and the psychology of gender differences. He devotes separate chapters to the stages of life, Jung’s theory of psychological types, the interpretation of dreams and the practice of Jungian analysis. Jung’s individual theories remain among the most fascinating of twentieth-century psychologists. This introduction will prove popular among a wide range of listeners—outside of the psychological fraternity.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Stevens, Anthony - Author
Pigott-Smith, Tim (Reader)
1Jung - the Man and his Psychology02:54
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2Background03:32
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3An only child until his sister Gertrud was born03:27
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4Jung's adult delight in solitude04:21
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5Matters came to a head with Carl's confirmation02:34
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6Student years03:02
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7His dedication to scholarship04:29
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8Years of apprenticeship04:58
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9Friendship with Freud03:22
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10As time passed Jung's differences with Freud became harder to conceal04:04
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11Publication of these views provoked A Major rift with Freud02:20
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12Married life03:46
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13Confrontation with the unconscious04:26
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14By 'the reality of the psyche'04:36
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15Creative illness05:15
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16Individuation: the realisation of the self03:50
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17One crucial event that occurred after his mid-life crisis was his 'discovery' of alchemy04:23
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18Ageing and growth03:55
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19At the age of 82 he wrote03:22
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20Archetype and the collective unconscious03:20
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21What Jung was proposing was no less than a fundamental concept02:06
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Disc 2
1To a limited extent Jung's archetyes resemble Plato's Ideas01:19
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2The actualisation of archetypes04:22
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3Archetypes versus cultural transmission02:17
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4The psychoid archetypes and the unus mundus02:39
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5Synchronicity00:52
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6The stages of life02:56
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7The Self01:23
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8The Ego03:00
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9The Persona01:34
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10The Shadow04:10
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11However, the acquisition of a moral complex imposes severe restraints on the Self03:24
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12Sex and gender03:15
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13As the parent/child relationship matures within the traditional family setting02:09
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14Anima and animus01:47
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15A self-regulating system01:09
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16A programme for life02:16
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17Archetypal expectations02:32
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18Rites of passage02:26
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19The dymanics of progress01:11
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20Love and marriage03:22
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21The stroke of noon03:05
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22The individuation of the self03:41
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23Psychological types01:54
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24The four functions02:32
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25The two attitudes00:53
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26Eight psychological types01:27
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27Use of typology04:45
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28Dreams04:25
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29After the break with Freud and his encounter with the unconscious02:12
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30Pure nature01:07
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31Compensatory function01:16
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32Symbolism03:19
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Disc 3
1Interpretation04:53
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2Personal context01:50
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3Cultural context02:08
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4Archetypal context05:00
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5Therapy01:20
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6Illness03:34
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7This was even more true in the case of neurosis02:56
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8It is true that Jung's emphasis is invariably on the intra-psychic life on the individual04:33
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9The patient02:57
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10Treatment03:47
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11To what did he attribute the 'general neurosis of our age'03:32
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12Jung elucidated the analytic process in the light of his alchemical studies03:01
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13With regard to the frequency of sessions04:05
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14Active imagination requires a state of reverie02:41
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15The therapist02:45
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16Jung greatly extended the Freudian view of the transference03:20
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17Jung's alleged anti-Semitism03:27
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18The Jews who knew him best have all come staunchly to his defence02:15
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19The summing-up04:07
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20Jung's gift for transcending the confines of his own consciousness03:22
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21When he eventually discovered in himself the security that was absent from his childhood environment04:19
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22Analytical psychology can make no claim05:45
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Total Playing Time: 03:52:18