The Undiscovered Self (Jung Extracts): With Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams

· Princeton University Press · Narrated by John Telfer and David Rintoul
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This audiobook narrated by David Rintoul and John Telfer brings together two of C. G. Jung's timeless essays on self-knowledge and the exploration of the unconscious
These two essays, written late in Jung's life, reflect his responses to the shattering experience of World War II and the dawn of mass society. Among his most influential works, "The Undiscovered Self" is a plea for his generation—and those to come—to continue the individual work of self-discovery and not abandon needed psychological reflection for the easy ephemera of mass culture. Only individual awareness of both the conscious and unconscious aspects of the human psyche, Jung tells us, will allow the great work of human culture to continue and thrive.
Jung's reflections on self-knowledge and the exploration of the unconscious carry over into the second essay, "Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams," completed shortly before his death in 1961. Describing dreams as communications from the unconscious, Jung explains how the symbols that occur in dreams compensate for repressed emotions and intuitions. This essay brings together Jung's fully evolved thoughts on the analysis of dreams and the healing of the rift between consciousness and the unconscious, ideas that are central to his system of psychology.

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C. G. Jung (1875–1961) was one of the most important psychologists of the twentieth century and the founder of analytical psychology. Sonu Shamdasani is Professor of Jung History and Co-Director of the Health Humanities Centre at University College London and the editor of Jung's Red Book. David Rintoul has an extensive film and television career and has played leading roles in the British theater. He is the narrator of hundreds of audiobooks, including works by Thomas Mann, Agatha Christie, and Frederick Forsyth . John Telfer has had an extensive career in theater, television, and radio, including roles on the British crime drama Bergerac and the BBC radio soap opera The Archers. He is the narrator of more than two hundred audiobooks.

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