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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824768303321

Autore

Shamdasani Sonu <1962, >

Titolo

Cult fictions : C.G. Jung and the founding of analytical psychology / / Sonu Shamdasani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-66461-3

9786610073351

1-280-07335-7

1-134-66462-1

0-203-36076-1

0-203-37752-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 121p.)

Disciplina

150.1954

Soggetti

Psychoanalysis

Jungian psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-117) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Cult and association -- 2. A case of mistaken identity? -- 3. 'The experiment must be made' -- 4. The tribunal -- 5. The imitation of Christ -- 6. A text in search of an author -- 7. Sister Maria -- 8. The cult that never was.

Sommario/riassunto

Shamdasani looks into the documentary evidence for Richard Noll's claims that Jung was a would-be prophet around whom followers gathered in a hero cult. Drawing on archive material, he shows that Noll's claims are not well founded.