A Jungian Life
Book Details
- Publisher : Fisher King Press
- Published : 2014
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 230
- Category :
Selected Fiction, Biography and Memoir - Category 2 :
Jung and Analytical Psychology - Catalogue No : 36984
- ISBN 13 : 9781771690249
- ISBN 10 : 1771690240
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From conception until the present, C.G. Jung, his ideas, and analytical psychology itself have been a central thread of Thomas B. Kirsch’s life. His parents, James and Hilde Kirsch, were in analysis with C.G. Jung when he was born, and he was imaged to be the product of a successful analysis. At an early age, Kirsch was introduced to many of the first-generation analysts who surrounded C.G. Jung, and over time became acquainted with them. Later, in his roles with the IAAP, he gained a broad knowledge of the developments in analytical psychology, and through both his early family history and in his later professional life, Dr Kirsch worked closely with many analysts who were integral in forming the foundations of analytical psychology.
Reviews and Endorsements
'Tom Kirsch's unique life as a Jungian spans much of the history of analytical psychology which he both witnessed first hand and helped shape. His gifts of seasoned insight, finely tuned feeling and a keen eye for specific historic detail makes this volume a rare and significant contribution.'
– Tom Singer, M.D., Jungian analyst, editor of Psyche and the City
'Tom Kirsch is one of the core creators of the Jungian world as we find it today. His knowledge of the history, the issues and the personalities is second to none. We knew that Kirsch is kind, empathic, related – and responsible for a raft of interesting publications. Maybe we – or some of us – did not know how frank, penetrating, controversial and insightful an observer of professional political process he is. At times, the book takes no prisoners. Every Jungian analyst, candidate and scholar simply must read this book. But the way in which Kirsch situates his first-person narratives against the backdrop of world politics – in Russia, China, South Africa and Latin America, for example – makes this memoir worthy of serious attention from non-Jungian thinkers and practitioners.
– Andrew Samuels, Professor of Analytical Psychology, University of Essex
About the Author(s)
Thomas Kirsch was President of the International Association of Analytical Psychology from 1989 to 1995, and President of the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco from 1976 to 1978. He was a lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry at Stanford University Medical School. He currently works in private practice in California.
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