Review of 'She' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
A deceptively simple book. Robert Johnson uses a Jungian analysis of the story of Psyche and Eros to explore notions of the feminine psyche and it's operation in human behavior. It is a slim book and so, a slim project, but a worthwhile one and certainly worth the time it takes a reader to digest his ideas. Are they male-centric ideas, as some critics have suggested? I'm yet to read a compelling argument that proves Johnson's short "project books" (She, He, We, and Owning Your Own Shadow) somehow promulgate harmful ideas. Taken as it is, this is a fine Jungian textual analysis of the story of Psyche and Eros and while that may be it's entire scope, the project is provocative enough.
Certainly recommended to anyone new to the ideas of Carl Jung, with the caveat that one shouldn't rely on Johnson as anything more than an apt practitioner in …
A deceptively simple book. Robert Johnson uses a Jungian analysis of the story of Psyche and Eros to explore notions of the feminine psyche and it's operation in human behavior. It is a slim book and so, a slim project, but a worthwhile one and certainly worth the time it takes a reader to digest his ideas. Are they male-centric ideas, as some critics have suggested? I'm yet to read a compelling argument that proves Johnson's short "project books" (She, He, We, and Owning Your Own Shadow) somehow promulgate harmful ideas. Taken as it is, this is a fine Jungian textual analysis of the story of Psyche and Eros and while that may be it's entire scope, the project is provocative enough.
Certainly recommended to anyone new to the ideas of Carl Jung, with the caveat that one shouldn't rely on Johnson as anything more than an apt practitioner in this volume.
