BERKLEY The Undiscovered Self: The Dilemma of the Individual in Modern Society

C.G Jung explains very eloquently on this short but dense book much of the disarrangements we are going through right now in the West. Why the Left went bananas and the Right no longer conserves anything, or why and how the scientific materialism or religious fundamentalism are not answers to each other's shortcomings and blind spots. I think this is a masterpiece, something that should be more widely known, but if you read carefully you will soon realize why. Christianity, Communism, Marxism, Science..this book sheds light on the current result of the interaction of such forces like no other I've ever read, except for The Master and His Emissary. Is worth the investment, you'll come out thinking that at least there is something else you haven't been told.

A great book . A prime purchase for me

An absolute must for every person at this time in history which is about to become history. As Tom Weller said, I suspect referring to history, a pencil with no point needs no eraser. The only question is - will the individual keep his mind, his individuality, or will he be absorbed into the mass who will calcify with the moribund corpse the global civilization is on the fast track becoming and being at the same time. Its about that little seed inside everyone of us and at bottom - do we dignify what it is to be human - that is not Newtonian action = opposite and equal reaction and how that translates into the amount of suffering there is on thi planet, or do we dignify what it is to be human and refuse to let our 'seed' or our 'grain' go with the drone grains like HG Wells put it - something like - trundled off like the dust cards of time. By the way, I loathe eternity cops, I notice there are more breeding in the shallow tadpole pool - thankfully drought will catch them unawares and the space taken away will translate into the sharpened reality of choosing one way or another. A future that makes the scatological protests from the peanut gallery would be much appreciated and in any case - can't stop it from happening. This book is a must read even if none of the above I've said makes sense. Definitely so much of our society all over the planet is in one way or another that of mob education, mob celebration, mob tradition, mob entertainment and mob behavior the most dangerous and evil presentiment facing us all - what we need to do is locate ourselves within this matrix of false identity and identification with such and such ideologies and religions - and find the real self within - again, that seed upon which we can build a real self strong enough to resist the force / forces of the mob, the gangs and the mass political delirious diseases all which are easily found to be corrupt when one thinks of and compares human survival to the mode of production no matter what goverment - communist / capitalist - its all headed in one direction - like a corpse that may take many with it in its death throws. What ever, its a great read from a great mind and part of everyones heritage.

Not an easy read.

Para leerse lento y hacer apuntes, meditar su contenido, es corto pero muy concentrado, Jung es capaz de explicar varios fenomenos que se viven en la vida moderna, como el completo desinteres de la sociedad hacia el individuo y la priorizacion de la colectividad, todo esto con origen en puntos flacos de nuestra psique, a la que regimenes autoritarios sacan provecho. El fue capaz de verlos venir desde hace casi un siglo.