Consciousness and the unconscious : lectures delivered at eth zurich, volume 2: 1934 / C. G. Jung, Ernst Falzeder, Mark Kyburz, John Peck, Ernst Falzeder.

"Between 1933 and 1941, C. G. Jung lectured at the Swiss Federal Institute for Technology (ETH). The ETH lectures are at the center of Jung's intellectual activity in the 1930s and provide a primary source for the understanding of his late work in the 1940s and 1950s. Thus they form a critical part of Jung's oeuvre which has yet to be accorded the attention and study they deserve. These lectures were open, and their audience consisted of ETH students, the general public (there were hundreds of auditors at every session), and Jung's followers. Mindful of the presence of so many laypeople in the auditorium, Jung took care to render his language and presentation as accessible as possible. In 2018, PUP published Jung's inaugural lectures in this ETH series, History of Modern Psychology. This coming spring we're publishing another volume in this series, Psychology of Yoga and Meditation (this is volume 6; books in this series are appearing out of chronological sequence). In the present book, volume 2, Jung introduces the concepts of consciousness and the unconscious, and outlines their respective characteristics using examples from everyday life, from his clinical experience, from literature and from his travels. For Jung, the unconscious is part of the primordial condition of humankind. Consciousness, by contrast, is like a small island in the ocean of the unconscious. His 1934 lectures then move into an exposition of methods for uncovering the contents of the unconscious -- most notably talk therapy and dream analysis. As with the first two published books in this ETH lecture series, this volume is based on notes taken by several attendees of the public lectures, especially by those adept at shorthand. The book will contain a scholarly apparatus including historical information (especially in a substantial Introduction), clarification of scientific and psychological terminology, and explanation of Jungian concepts. No prior knowledge of Jungian ideas is assumed. As with all books in this series, the idea is to help any reader without previous knowledge of the subject understand and follow along"-- Provided by publisher.