Jung's Nietzsche

This book explores C. G. Jung' s complex relationship with Friedrich Nietzsche through the lens of the so-called ' visionary' literary tradition. The book connects Jung' s experience of the posthumously published
Liber Novus
(
The Red Book
) with his own (mis)understanding of Nietzsche' s
Zarathustra
, and formulates the hypothesis of Jung considering
Zarathustra
as Nietzsche' s
Liber Novus
both works being regarded by Jung as ' visionary' experiences. After exploring some ' visionary' authors often compared by Jung to Nietzsche (Goethe, Hölderlin, Spitteler, F. T. Vischer), the book focuses upon Nietzsche and Jung exclusively. It analyses stylistic similarities, as well as explicit references to Nietzsche and
Zarathustra
in
Liber Novus
, drawing on Jung' s annotations in his own copy of
Zarathustra
. The book then uses
Liber Novus
as a prism to contextualize and understand Jung' s five-year seminar on
Zarathustra
: allthe nuances of Jung' s interpretation of
Zarathustra
can be fully explained, only when compared with
Liber Novus
and its symbology. One of the main topics of the book concerns the figure of ' Christ' and Nietzsche' s and Jung' s understandings of the ' death of God. '

Chapter 1: Introduction. - Chapter 2: Visionary Works And Liber Novus. - Chapter 3: Nietzsche In Liber Novus. - Chapter 4: Liber Novus In Nietzsche: Jung s Seminar On Zarathustra. - Chapter 5: Conclusion.