The Origins and History of Consciousness
Cover of the first edition | |
| Author | Erich Neumann |
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| Original title | Ursprungsgeschichte des Bewusstseins |
| Translator | R. F. C. Hull |
| Language | German |
| Subject | Consciousness |
| Publisher | Rascher Verlag, Princeton University Press |
Publication date | 1949 |
| Publication place | Germany |
Published in English | 1954 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 493 (English edition) |
| ISBN | 978-0691163598 |
| LC Class | 53-12527 |
The Origins and History of Consciousness (German: Ursprungsgeschichte des Bewusstseins) is a 1949 book by analytical psychologist Erich Neumann, in which the author "[outlines] the archetypal stages in the development of consciousness". It was first published in English in 1954 in a translation by R. F. C. Hull. Carl Jung wrote the introduction, describing it as an extension of his own research into archetypes and individuation.