The Great Mother

An Analysis of the Archetype

Erich Neumann, Ralph Manheim, Martin Liebscher

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English

Princeton University Pres
13 July 2015

Society & Social Sciences; Analytical & Jungian psychology; Family psychology; Psychology of gender

Series: Works by Erich Neumann

This landmark book explores the Great Mother as a primordial image of the human psyche. Here the renowned analytical psychologist Erich Neumann draws on ritual, mythology, art, and records of dreams and fantasies to examine how this archetype has been outwardly expressed in many cultures and periods since prehistory. He shows how the feminine has been represented as goddess, monster, gate, pillar, tree, moon, sun, vessel, and every animal from snakes to birds. Neumann discerns a universal experience of the maternal as both nurturing and fearsome, an experience rooted in the dialectical relation of growing consciousness, symbolized by the child, to the unconscious and the unknown, symbolized by the Great Mother. Featuring a new foreword by Martin Liebscher, this Princeton Classics edition of The Great Mother introduces a new generation of readers to this profound and enduring work.

By: Erich Neumann
Foreword by: Martin Liebscher
Translated by: Ralph Manheim
Imprint: Princeton University Pres
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: With a New foreword by Martin Liebscher
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 41mm
Weight: 567g
ISBN: 9780691166070
ISBN 10: 0691166072
Series: Works by Erich Neumann
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 13 July 2015
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Erich Neumann (1905-60), a psychologist and philosopher, was born in Berlin and lived in Tel Aviv from 1934 until his death. His books include The Origins and History of Consciousness, The Fear of the Feminine, and Amor and Psyche (all Princeton). Martin Liebscher is senior research fellow in German and honorary senior lecturer in psychology at University College London.

Reviews for The Great Mother: An Analysis of the Archetype

Neumann's creative intuition has enabled him to read in these records of the past a content and meaning that throws a beam of light on the psychological history of [hu]mankind. --Journal of Analytical Psychology