Flying Saucers

Written in the late 1950s at the height of popular fascination with UFO's, Flying Saucers is the great psychologist's brilliantly prescient meditation on the phenomenon that gripped the world. A self-confessed sceptic in such matters, Jung was nevertheless intrigued, not so much by their reality or unreality, but by their psychic aspect. He saw flying saucers as a modern myth in the making, to be passed down the generations just as we have received such myths from our ancestors. In this wonderful and enlightening book Jung sees UFO's as 'visionary rumours', the centre of a quasi-religious cult and carriers of our technological and salvationist fantasies. 40 years later, with entire religions based on the writings of science fiction authors, it is remarkable to see just how right he has proved to be.

ISBN	0415278376	Pages	176
ISBN13	9780415278379 (What's this?)	Volumes	001
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd	Weight (grammes)	226
Imprint	Routledge	Published in	London
Format	Paperback	Series title	Routledge Classics
Publication date	11 Apr 2002	Previous ISBN	9780744800623
Library of Congress	TL789	Height (mm)	198
DEWEY	001.942	Width (mm)	129
DEWEY edition	DC21	Academic level	General, Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

'A book that no one seriously interested in the subject can afford to ignore.' - Punch 'Convincing and impressive.' - New Statesman

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