The Question of Psychological Types : : The Correspondence of C. G. Jung and Hans Schmid-Guisan, 1915-1916 / / C. G. Jung, Hans Schmid-Guisan; ed. by Ernst Falzeder, John Beebe.

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• VerfasserIn: Jung, C. G.,; Schmid-Guisan, Hans,
• MitwirkendeR: Beebe, John,; Falzeder, Ernst,
• HerausgeberIn: Beebe, John,; Falzeder, Ernst,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Philemon Foundation Series ; 8
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (200 p.) :; 3 line illus.

In 1915, C. G. Jung and his psychiatrist colleague, Hans Schmid-Guisan, began a correspondence through which they hoped to codify fundamental individual differences of attention and consciousness. Their ambitious dialogue, focused on the opposition of extraversion and introversion, demonstrated the difficulty of reaching a shared awareness of differences even as it introduced concepts that would eventually enable Jung to create his landmark 1921 statement of the theory of psychological types. That theory, the basis of the widely used Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and similar personality assessment tools, continues to inform not only personality psychology but also such diverse fields as marriage and career counseling and human resource management.This correspondence reveals Jung fielding keen theoretical challenges from one of his most sensitive and perceptive colleagues, and provides a useful historical grounding for all those who work with, or are interested in, Jungian psychology and psychological typology.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration of First Page of 7 J, 4 September 1915 -- Illustration of First Page of 12 S, 17/18 December 1915 -- Introduction -- Translator's Note -- Correspondence -- 1. J [4 June 1915] -- 2. S [24 June 1915] -- 3. J [undated] -- 4. S (6 July 1915) -- 5. J [undated] -- 6. S (29 August 1915) -- 7. J (4 September 1915) -- 8. S (28 September 1915) -- 9. J (6 November 1915) -- 10. S (1- 7 December 1915) -- 11. S (11- 14 December 1915) -- 12. S (17- 18 December 1915) -- 13. S (6 January 1916) -- Appendix -- Summary of Jung's First Three Letters -- Jung's Obituary of Hans Schmid- Guisan -- Bibliography -- Index