{"product_id":"9781630512170","title":"Jacob \u0026 Esau: On the Collective Symbolism of the Brother Motif","description":"In 1934, Erich Neumann, considered by many to have been Carl Gustav Jung's foremost disciple, \u003cp\u003esent Jung a handwritten note: \"I will pursue your suggestion of elaborating on the 'Symbolic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributions' to the Jacob-Esau problem . . . The great difficulty is the rather depressing impossibility of a publication.\" Now, eighty years later, in\u003ci\u003e Jacob and Esau: On the Collective\u003cbr\u003e Symbolism of the Brother Motif\u003c\/i\u003e, his important work is finally published. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this newly discovered manuscript, Neumann sowed the seeds of his later works. It provides a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewindow into his original thinking and creative writing regarding the biblical subject of Jacob and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEsau and the application of the brother motif to analytical psychology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeumann elaborates on the central role of the principle of opposites in the human soul,\u003cbr\u003e contrasting Jacob's introversion with Esau's extraversion, the sacred and the profane, the inner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the outer aspects of the God-image, the shadow and its projection, and how the old ethic-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eexpressed, for example, in the expulsion of the scapegoat-perpetuates evil. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Kyburz, translator of C. G. Jung's \u003ci\u003eThe Red Book\u003c\/i\u003e, has eloquently rendered Neumann's text\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einto English. Erel Shalit's editing and introduction provide an entrée into Neumann's work on\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethis subject, which will be of interest to a wide range of readers, from lay persons to professionals interested in Jungian psychology and Jewish and religious studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eErich Neumann was born in Berlin in 1905. He emigrated to Israel in 1934 and lived in Tel Aviv\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003euntil his death in 1960. For many years he lectured and played a central role at Eranos, the seminal conference series in analytical psychology. His writings include \u003ci\u003eDepth Psychology and a\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew Ethic, \u003ci\u003eThe Origins and History of Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Great Mother\u003c\/i\u003e. The correspondence between C. G. Jung and Neumann was published in 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Erel Shalit is a Jungian psychoanalyst in Israel and founding director of the Analytical\u003cbr\u003e Psychotherapy Program at Bar Ilan University. He is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCycle of Life and \u003ci\u003eThe Hero and His Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Mark Kyburz specializes in scholarly translation from German into English and is the co-\u003cbr\u003e translator of C. G. Jung's \u003ci\u003eThe Red Book\u003c\/i\u003e (2009). He lives and works in Zürich, Switzerland. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chiron Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47045501059312,"sku":"9781630512170","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781630512170_p0.jpg?v=1763670422","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781630512170","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}