“Although we are used to the concept of unconscious, we tend to underestimate one of its main aspects: intrusiveness. Few of us would think of giving it a key role in economic crises, in wars, or even just in the management of the artistic heritage. Yet, if we trace back the history of humankind as if it were a long psychoanalytic session, we notice the signs of this intrusion are everywhere. An essay by psychoanalyst Luigi Zoja, Psiche, shows this clearly, reminding us that the study of what Jung called “collective unconscious” has an inestimable predictive value”.
-La Repubblica, Il Venerdì

“Zoja, one of the most important Jungian analysts, resolves some misunderstandings, starting from the one about the theoretical foundations of psychoanalysis, that cannot be equated to the model of natural sciences, or to the medical model of cure as restoration of a previous state. Among his great merits, last but not least is the effort atadjusting the concept of “mind”, and so of psychoanalysis, to the changes in the individual and in contemporary society”.
-L’Unità

“A valuable little book”.
-La Repubblica

“Un prezioso vademecum sull’opera di Jung”
-Il Manifesto

“The psyche exists. In fact, it is existence itself.”--Carl Gustav Jung

Nothing is more real than our immaterial part: the psyche. To define it, though, is an exercise in acrobatics. Our eyes may well look in any direction, but they will never see the pupil. In much the same way, our psyche does not have an external Archimedic point on which it can rest. A person’s psychic processes are observed only through his psychical singularity. Luigi Zoja, world-renowned Jungian psychoanalyst (his works are translated into fourteen languages), has started from this very point. And he has gone very far. His research ground is interspersed with persistent misunderstandings that demand a solution: for example the derivation of depth psychology – psychoanalysis – from the main branch of general psychology. In fact, the contrary is true. The very notion of cure radically differs from the medical model, in which healing means to restore the pre-disease state. Psychoanalytical work moves the patient away from his/her starting point, because – as Freud clearly understood – “the essence of mental disease lies in a return to earlier states of affective life and of functioning.” Entering into a dialogue with the great scholars of the psyche, Zoja has happily found his way, off the beaten path.

Luigi Zoja
　　An internationally renowned Jungian analyst and former president of the International Association of Ringier Analysts (IAAP). His career has spanned cities such as Zurich, New York and Milan. Zoja's writings have been translated into fifteen languages and have been widely circulated throughout the world.

His works include:
　　The Father, which explores the evolution of the "father" figure from prehistory to modern times, was published in 2000 and 2016 and translated into several languages, including English, German, French, and Chinese.
　　Paranoia: The Madness That Made History, published in 2011 and 2023 and explores how paranoia affects the course of history, has also been translated into several languages, including English, Spanish, French, and Chinese.
　　Below the Iceberg, published in 2023, explores the existence and influence of the unconscious in society and history.
　　Centauri:myth and male violence, published in 2016, has been translated into Spanish.
　　Violence in History, Culture, and the Psyche was published in 2009
　　Beyond Intentions. Ethics and Analysis was published in 2011 and has been translated into English.

Zoja has twice won the Gradiva Prize for Psychological Work in the United States for his English-published psychological works, The Father and Beyond Intentions. Ethics and Analysis. These achievements not only demonstrate his profound achievements in the field of psychoanalysis, but also reflect the international influence and academic value of his works.