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Title: A convincing, erudite and fascinating book
Review: I picked up this book and I could not put it down. Contrary to the jealous, whining remarks of Jungian analysts such as Tommy Kirsch and Andy Samuels, Richard Noll has succeeded where others have failed. All ofthe new material from archives that Noll has discovered rounds out our image of C.G. Jug the man. Everyone with an interest in Jung should read this book. It is not a hatchet-job, as others have claimed, but a full protrait of an interesting figure in our culture. Noll is respectful as well as critical of Jung. An excellent piece of scholarship by any standard, a high standard which Jungian authors (particularly Jungian analysts) continue to fail to meet due to their lack of formal education in things such as history, science, and even psychology. Jungian analysts know a theory, and that's all. Noll has shown them that there is a man behind the myth of Jung, and that Jung is not such a god after all. Bravo, Richard Noll!
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