Life and ideas of James Hillman. Volume I, The making of a psychologist / Dick Russell ; preface by Sonu Shamdasani ; commentary by Scott Becker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Russell, Dick.

Contributor:

Shamdasani, Sonu, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hillman, James.

Psychologists--Biography.

Psychologists.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxv, 677 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm

Other Title:

James Hillman. Volume I, The making of a psychologist

Making of a psychologist

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Helios Press, [2013]

Summary:

"Considered to be the world's foremost post-Jungian thinker, James Hillman is known as the founder of archetypal psychology and the author of more than twenty books, including the bestselling title The Soul's Code. In The Making of a Psychologist, we follow Hillman from his youth in the heyday of Atlantic City, through post-war Paris and Dublin, travels in Africa and Kashmir, and onward to Zürich and the Jung Institute, which appointed him its first director of studies in 1960"--Amazon.com, viewed July 26, 2013.

Contents:

I. Atlantic City

II. Legacies of the ancestors

III. Coming of age in the war years

IV. Arrival in Europe: 1946-1948

V. Dublin I: Trinity college

VI. Dublin II: Envoy magazine-the literary life

VII. The African test

VIII. Journey to the east

IX. Of peaks and vales

X. Zurich: The early student years

XI. Breakthrough

XII. Director of studies

XIII. Betrayal

XIV. Eranos

XV. Turning point.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Origin of the hotel George V in Paris, with an addition designed by Louis Magaziner, is detailed on pages 15-16.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781611454628

161145462X

OCLC:

846730996