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Summary: Creative, informative, interpretive
Review: Hillman at his poetic best. He plays with and amplifies the Jungian concept of the anima in ways delightful to read about; one needn't even agree with all of them to enjoy the ride.
Rating:
Summary: Creative, informative, interpretive
Review: Hillman at his poetic best. He plays with and amplifies the Jungian concept of the anima in ways delightful to read about; one needn't even agree with all of them to enjoy the ride.
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Summary: Great anima consciousness -- but gender unconscious?
Review: The anima is a female archetype of the male psyche. Hillman delves into this difficult to understand Jungian concept in great detail -- for example, the relationship of the anima to the psyche and the soul, or whether the anima is a sexual archetype. The book is heavily footnoted, with the text on the right hand page and the footnotes on the left side. Most of the footnotes are quotes from Jung's Collected Works. Interspersed in the text are numerous line drawings which make for more pleasurable reading. The only drawback is that Hillman didn't anticipate the reaction of women to his description of the anima. The book is about a female structure in the male psyche, but his description of that female archetype is largely stereotyped and may be rather annoying to any reader who is sensitive to gender issues. Perhaps he relies too greatly on Jung's perspective and doesn't bring himself into contemporary times. His attempts to reach into the women's psyche are unconvincing.
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Summary: Great anima consciousness -- but gender unconscious?
Review: The anima is a female archetype of the male psyche. Hillman delves into this difficult to understand Jungian concept in great detail -- for example, the relationship of the anima to the psyche and the soul, or whether the anima is a sexual archetype. The book is heavily footnoted, with the text on the right hand page and the footnotes on the left side. Most of the footnotes are quotes from Jung's Collected Works. Interspersed in the text are numerous line drawings which make for more pleasurable reading. The only drawback is that Hillman didn't anticipate the reaction of women to his description of the anima. The book is about a female structure in the male psyche, but his description of that female archetype is largely stereotyped and may be rather annoying to any reader who is sensitive to gender issues. Perhaps he relies too greatly on Jung's perspective and doesn't bring himself into contemporary times. His attempts to reach into the women's psyche are unconvincing.
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Summary: An essential part of any Hillman/Jungian libriary
Review: This is the difinitive look at contemporary thinking about the anima
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