Within this fascinating new book, Barbara Morrill analyses the journal writings of Etty Hillesum, a young Jewish woman in the 1940’s, as she began analysis with a Jungian-oriented practitioner in 1941.
While Anne Frank is an inspirational figure, little is known about Etty Hilllesum, also from Amsterdam, who kept a diary recounting her life and experiences during early World War II. This book is a compelling example of how we can use Etty Hillesum’s writings in the present to stand firm against the problems we’re currently facing globally. Being a Jungian-oriented Integral psychologist and professor, the author examines what Hillesum recorded in her time, as well as employing Etty’s ideas to illuminate the chaos in our time. She explores Hillesum’s own process of individuation and realization, encouraging others to “develop yourselves!”
This will be a unique volume of interest to Jungian analysts, analysts in training, as well as readers with an interest in the time period and concern about democracy and “our times”
Table of Contents
1. Her Times: Historical Context 2. Unfolding Toward Being: Jungian Inspired Developmental Stages of Individuation and Realization 3. Etty Hillesum’s Diary in Relationship to the Stages of Realization 4. Camp Westerbork: Her Choice 5. Our Time: 2016 – 2023 6. The Significance of Etty Hillesum’s Writings in Our Time and All Time 7. Epilogue: The Evolution of the Public’s View of Etty Hillesum’s Dairy Since the 1980s