Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 17: Development of Personality - Hardcover

by C. G. Jung (Author), Gerhard Adler (Editor), Gerhard Adler (Translator)

Papers on child psychology, education, and individuation, underlining the overwhelming importance of parents and teachers in the genesis of the intellectual, feeling, and emotional disorders of childhood. The final paper deals with marriage as an aid or obstacle to self-realization.

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While Jung's main researches centered on the subject of individuation as an adult ideal, he had also a unique contribution to make to the psychology of childhood and went far in applying modern analytical concepts to educational theory and practice. The present volume is a collection of eight papers in this field.