About the series combining authority with wit accessibility and style very short introductions offer an introduction to some of lifes most interesting topics written by experts for the newcomer they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics from philosophy to freud quantum theory to islam. Jung a very short introduction volume 40 of very short introductions author anthony stevens publisher oup oxford 2001 isbn 0191606685 9780191606687 length 192 pages subjects. Finally he argues that jungs visionary powers and profound spirituality have helped many to find an alternative set of values to the arid materialism prevailing in western society about the series the very short introductions series from oxford university press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. Now this very short introduction is divided into eight sizeable chapters which include a beefy biography a run down of jungs most prominent theories their relation to therapeutic involvement and then some tailings on how jungs legacy stands today