Psychic energy : its source and its transformation / M. Esther Harding ; with a foreword by C. G. Jung.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harding, M. Esther, author.

Contributor:

Jung, C. G., writer of foreword.

Bollingen Foundation Collection (Library of Congress)

Series:

Bollingen series ; 10.

Bollingen Series ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychic energy (Psychoanalysis).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (544 pages)

Edition:

Second edition, revised and enlarged.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1963.

Summary:

A study of the primitive and unconscious aspects of man's nature and the processes by which their energies may contribute to the integration of personality. New edition, comprehensively revised and enlarged, with many new illustrations.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Acknowledgments

Contents

List of Illustrations

Foreword

Part I. The Source of Psychic Energy

1. Introduction

2. The Transformation of the Instinctive Drives

3. Inertia: Sloth and Restlessness

4. Hunger: Want and Greed

5. Self-Defence: Enmity and Friendship

6. Reproduction: 1. Sexuality

7. Reproduction: 2. Maternity

8. The Ego and the Power Problem: Self-Respect and the Will to Dominate

Part II. The Transformation of Psychic Energy

9. The Inner Conflict: The Dragon and the Hero

10. The Psyche as a Whole: Drawing the Circle

11. The Reconciliation of the Opposites: The Mandala

12. The Transformation of the Libido: The Hermetic Vessel

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Publ. en 1948 sous le titre: Psychic energy : its source and goal.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691098173

0691098174

OCLC:

1257083922