The Roots of Jewish Consciousness, Volume Two - 9781138556218

Taylor & Francis

The Roots of Jewish Consciousness, Volume TwoHasidism\nAuthor(s): Erich Neumann, Ann Conrad Lammers, Mark Kyburz\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138556218, 978-1138556218\nSynopsis\nThe Roots of Jewish Consciousness, Volume Two: Hasidism is the second volume, fullyannotated, of a major, previously unpublished, two-part work by Erich Neumann [tel]. It was written between 1940 and 1945, after Neumann, then a young philosopher and physician and freshly trained as a disciple of Jung, fled Berlin to settle in Tel Aviv. He finished this work at the end of World War II. Although he never published it, he kept it the rest of his life.\n\nVolume Two, Hasidism, is devoted to the psychological and spiritual wisdom embodied in Jewish spiritual tradition. Relying on Jungs concepts and Bubers Hasidic interpretations, Neumann seeks alternatives to the legalism and anti-feminine bias that he says have dominated collective Judai.