Liliane Frey Rohn Livres

Jungian psychologist Liliane Frey-Rohn describes the psychological factors that brought Nietzsche into the depths of his own nature through a process in which sacrifice, loss and intense loneliness alternated with hero worship and „audacious self-glorification.“ In this book, a number of human problems are explored and discussed in relation to the brilliant but haunted biography of the 19th century philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche. The problem of good and evil, the search for personal truth, the questions of nihilism and life’s meaning, and the dangers of self-inflation in the wake of religious experience are each considered in this in-depth psychological analysis. The author sheds new light on Nietzsche’s extraordinary life and work, illuminating many aspects of his personal spiritual struggle, while providing insights into some of the most basic and problematic questions that confront us all.

This comparative study of the basic concepts of Freud and Jung is designed to give a comprehensive understanding of Jung's work. The author traces the development of Jung from his initial fascination with Freud's ideas to his gradual liberation from these powerful concepts and the final breakthrough into his own unique theories of man and the cosmos. Jung's fundamental view—that the psyche is a totality of conscious and unconscious elements that seeks to realize itself—stands in sharp contrast to Freud's early view of the psyche as primarily the effect of prior causes. Hence Freud tends to stress the pathological, whereas Jung looks to the creative and self-transcending aspects of human nature. The final section of the book describes the development of Jung's ideas after the death of Freud, particularly his concept of the archetypes.

Liliane Frey-Rohn legt mit diesem Band einen neuen biographischen Entwurf zu Friedrich Nietzsche vor. Das Schicksal des Philosophen, sein unerbittliches Suchen, sein inneres Kämpfen, seine Auseinandersetzung mit einer als verlogen empfundenen Moral werden so zu einem beispielhaften Spiegel für ein menschliches Ringen um die eigene Wahrheit.

Eine erfahrene Psychologin und Therapeutin beleuchtet die Grundideen von Freud und Jung und vergleicht einige der zentralsten Begriffe der beiden Forscher. Dadurch gewinnt der Leser einerseits einen Überblick über die Denkweisen von Freud und Jung, andererseits einen Einblick in die Verschiedenartigkeit und Eigenart ihrer Theorien.„Ein wirklich schlüssiger Beitrag, der auf große Kennerschaft gestützt über ein kategorisierendes Denken weit hinausweist.“ - Deutsches Ärzteblatt