James Hillman Libri

«Per decifrare il codice dell'anima e capire il carattere, la vocazione, il destino, nel suo best seller Hillman si ispira al mito platonico di Er: l'anima di ciascuno di noi sceglie un "compagno segreto" (daimon lo chiamavano i greci, genius i latini, angelo custode i cristiani). Sarà lui a guidarci nel cammino terreno. Eminenti modelli sfilano sotto l'occhio stregonesco di Hillman ... Il suo set è affollatissimo. Judy Garland, Joséphine Baker, Woody Allen, Quentin Tarantino, Hannah Arendt, Manuel Manolete, Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon, Truman Capote, Gandhi, Yehudi Menuhin, Elias Canetti e tanti altri, con le loro storie d'infanzia e maturità abilmente sezionate dal bisturi analitico, testimoniano apoteosi e disastri. Ma nell'età della psicopatia il ruolo del protagonista spetta a Hitler: il suo demone gli ha cucito addosso la divisa di un prototipo, il criminale dei tempi moderni. Forse di tutti i tempi». Enzo Golino

Non sempre è giusto cedere al fascinoso luogo comune secondo il quale chi muore giovane è caro agli dei, perché così come il carattere guida l'invecchiamento, l'invecchiamento guida il carattere. La senilità, quindi, non è un caso, né una dannazione, né l'abominio di una medicina moderna devota alla longevità, ma la condizione naturale e necessaria affinché si verifichino l'intensificazione e la messa a punto del nostro carattere, ossia della forma del nostro durare. Ma anche se il carattere sopravvive per immagini, invecchiare è una forma d'arte che ogni essere umano deve affrontare perché la vecchiaia si configuri come una struttura estetica che permetta di svolgere il ruolo archetipico di avo cui ogni anziano è chiamato

The book presents a comprehensive collection of Hillman's influential writings, covering a wide range of topics such as language, learning, cosmology, and metaphysics. It delves into the philosophy of psychology, the relationship between animals and the environment, and explores aesthetic and religious dimensions of archetypal psychology. Additionally, it includes discussions on various conversations and controversies, as well as reflections on future time, showcasing Hillman's profound insights and interdisciplinary approach.

Exploring the essence of therapy, Hillman poses the question, "What does the soul want?" and suggests that it seeks "Fictions that heal." The book critically analyzes the contributions of Freud, Jung, and Adler to depth psychology, offering fresh insights into concepts like "case history," "active imagination," and "inferiority feelings." Through this examination, it challenges conventional understandings and highlights the therapeutic power of narrative and imagination in healing the soul.

With this book James Hillman initiated the "soul movement" in psychotherapy more than fifty years ago. Soul and suicide are dominant issues of this new millennium; soul because it cannot be reduced to genes and chromosomes; suicide because it raises fundamental religious, political, and legal conflicts. As Hillman writes in the Postscript to the second edition: "The individual consists of more than his or her personal individuality. Something besides 'myself' inhabits the soul, takes part in its life and has a say in its death...We need a...definition of self as the interiorization of community. Suicide, literally 'self-killing, ' now would mean both a killing of community and involvement of community in the killing."Hillman's book tries to carry Jung's ideas of a soul-informed psychology into the most wrenching agony of therapeutic practice: the suicide of the patient. It goes to the heart of therapy. Since we are each in a silent therapy with ourselves, the issue of suicide reaches into the heart of each of us. Suicide and the Soul resurrects "soul" from its reliquary in spiritual churchiness and instills the idea with the passion-laden daily life of soul food, soul music, soul brother, soul sister, and soul death.This new edition is introduced by the eminent psychiatrist and pioneering social critic Thomas Szasz

This volume presents the 100 year history of a leading multinational in mens luxury clothing and one of the oldest business families in Italy, Ermenegildo Zegna.

The book explores the contrast between egalitarian typologies and the appreciation of individual uniqueness through James Hillman's principal essay. It then delves into his extensive work, "Inquiry into Image," which examines the significance of images in shaping human experience and understanding. This collection invites readers to engage with Hillman's innovative ideas on psychology and perception, emphasizing the importance of recognizing both collective patterns and personal distinctions.

With Jung's Red Book as their point of departure, two leading scholars explore issues relevant to our thinking today.

This groundbreaking classic explores the necessity of connections between our life and soul and developing the main lines of the soul-making process.