Jung's lectures on the history of psychology-in English for the first
time
Between 1933 and 1941, C. G. Jung delivered a series of public lectures
at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. Intended
for a general audience, these lectures addressed a broad range of
topics, from dream analysis to yoga and meditation. Here for the first
time in English are Jung's lectures on the history of modern psychology
from the Enlightenment to his own time, delivered in the fall and winter
of 1933-34.
In these inaugural lectures, Jung emphasizes the development of concepts
of the unconscious and offers a comparative study of movements in
French, German, British, and American thought. He also gives detailed
analyses of Justinus Kerner's The Seeress of Prevorst and Théodore
Flournoy's From India to the Planet Mars. These lectures present the
history of psychology from the perspective of one of the field's most
legendary figures. They provide a unique opportunity to encounter Jung
speaking for specialists and nonspecialists alike and are the primary
source for understanding his late work.
Featuring cross-references to the Jung canon and explanations of
concepts and terminology, History of Modern Psychology painstakingly
reconstructs and translates these lectures from manuscripts, summaries,
and recently recovered shorthand notes of attendees. It is the first
volume of a series that will make the ETH lectures available in their
entirety to English readers.