Talk:James Hillman

LACKS NPOV

This article appears to lack NPOV. It says much more about what Hillman is against than what he is for. In particular, the claims against Jung, from whose work the author freely admits Hillman's work is derived, are unsubstantiated. Although I am not sufficiently expert to change this, I do not see, in my reading of Jung, the extreme weight on the ego that the author ascribes to him, without reference. Therefore it is impossible to see what particular phase of Jung's work he is referring to. I would like to see a Jung expert weigh in on this.

This lack of NPOV extends to the section on dream interpretation where the author uses the phrase 'a la Jung' which looks like a snide crack at Jung rather than a neutral comparison of Hillman's and Jung's approaches.Diogenes 00:07, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why would you like a Jung expert to weigh in? Why not go to the source, read Hillman, and come to your own conclusions. Start with Suicide and the Soul, The Myth of Analysis, and Re-visioning Psychology. Finish them, and you'll be ready for the utterly radical work of The Dream and the Underworld. Be forwarned: he'll turn everything you think about psychology on its head.

Jungians are notoriously critical of Hillman, largely, I think, because he's stolen Jung's thunder. ````