Flying Saucers

A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Sky
2. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-415-27837-9
Verlag: Psychology Press

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 196 g

Reihe: Routledge Classics

Written in the late 1950s at the height of popular fascination with UFO's, Flying Saucers is the great psychologist's brilliantly prescient meditation on the phenomenon that gripped the world. A self-confessed sceptic in such matters, Jung was nevertheless intrigued, not so much by their reality or unreality, but by their psychic aspect. He saw flying saucers as a modern myth in the making, to be passed down the generations just as we have received such myths from our ancestors. In this wonderful and enlightening book Jung sees UFO's as 'visionary rumours', the centre of a quasi-religious cult and carriers of our technological and salvationist fantasies. 40 years later, with entire religions based on the writings of science fiction authors, it is remarkable to see just how right he has proved to be.

Zielgruppe

General, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jung, C. G.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Exobiologie, Astrobiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Exobiologie, Astrobiologie, Xenobiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements, List of Plates, List of Figures, Preface to the English Edition, Introductory, 1 UFOs as Rumours, 2 UFOs in Dreams, 3 UFOs in Modern Painting, 4 Previous History of the UFO Phenomenon, 5 UFOs Considered in a Non-psychological Light, 6 Epilogue and Supplement, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961). Founded the analytical school of psychology and developed a radical new theory of the unconscious.