The Symbolic Quest : : Basic Concepts of Analytical Psychology - Expanded Edition / / Edward C. Whitmont.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Whitmont, Edward C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020]; ©1979
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; Preface to the 1991 Edition --; Introduction --; 1. The Symbolic Approach --; 2. The Approach to the Unconscious --; 3. The Objective Psyche --; 4. The Complex --; 5. Archetypes and Myths --; 6. Archetypes and the Individual Myth --; 7. Archetypes and Personal Psychology --; 8. Psychological Types --; 9. The Persona --; 10. The Shadow --; 11. Male and Female --; 12. The Anima --; 13. The Animus --; 14. The Self --; 15. The Complex of Identity: The Ego --; 16. The Ego-Self Estrangement --; 17. Ego Development and the Phases of Life --; 18. Therapy --; Afterword --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780691213187; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9780691213187
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Edward C. Whitmont.

This book explores the use and development of man's symbolizing capacities-those qualities that make him distinctly human. Dr. Whitmont describes the symbolic approach to a dream, which takes into account a symptom's meaning in reference to an unfolding wholeness of personality. He then presents the view that the instinctual urge for meaning is served by the symbolizing capacities, and that this urge has been repressed in our time. In the field of psychology, this symbolic approach is most fully exemplified by the theories of C. G. Jung. The author's contribution includes many differentiations and speculations, especially concerning the problems of relatedness.