Sonu Shamdasani (born 1962) is a London-based author, editor in chief, and professor at University College London.
His research and writings focus on Carl Gustav Jung (1875–1961) and cover the history of psychiatry and psychology from the mid-nineteenth century to current times.
[3][4] In a 2009 interview with the Times of India, Shamdasani gave this brief biographical note: "I am a Sindhi, I was born in Singapore and grew up in England.
[9] Currently (2016) Shamdasani serves as a professor in the School of European Languages, Culture, and Society (SELCS) at University College London,[10] and is also Director of the UCL Centre for the History of Psychological Disciplines.
[13][14][15][16] In 1959 Jung added a short Epilogue to his Red Book, commenting on his 'confrontation with the unconscious' that started prior to World War I: "It could have developed into [madness] had I not been able to hold the overpowering force of the original experiences.
[21]Jung's heirs had for many decades held the original manuscript of the Red Book in a bank vault for safe-keeping.
Shamdasani entered into delicate negotiations with Jung's descendants in Zürich and, in May 2000, obtained their agreement "to release the work for publication".