person1875–1961

Carl Jung

Disciplines:

Summary

Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst — founder of analytical psychology — who created the concepts of archetypes, the collective unconscious, introversion/extroversion, and individuation — whose split with Freud and subsequent mystical-psychological work shaped 20th century popular psychology.

Core Contribution

Creates the collective unconscious and archetype theory — Jung's argument (that beneath the personal unconscious lies a deeper collective unconscious populated by universal archetypes — Shadow, Anima, Self — shared across humanity) is the most influential non-Freudian depth psychology and has permeated art, literature, and popular self-help.

Key Spikes & Highlights

Published the Red Book in 2009 — 78 years after his death; the book (a manuscript of visionary experiences, calligraphed and illustrated by Jung himself) was kept locked by his family for decades; its publication revealed that the theoretical concepts in his published work emerged from deeply personal mystical experiences he was reluctant to make public
His affair with Sabina Spielrein (a patient) and the cover-up involving Freud are the most documented ethical violation in the history of psychoanalysis; Freud knew and helped manage the fallout; the case also produced important theoretical work that Spielrein published under her own name

Notable Works & Achievements

Psychology of the Unconscious

Psychological Types

Modern Man in Search of a Soul

Memories, Dreams, Reflections

The Red Book

Historical Influences

Freud Goethe Friedrich Nietzsche

Intellectual Lineage

Kesswil, Switzerland University of Basel Burghölzli psychiatric hospital Freud Küsnacht

Contemporaries & Peers

Sigmund Freud Alfred Adler Sabina Spielrein

Minds Influenced

Intellectual Posterity

Collective unconscious Archetypes Introversion/extroversion MBTI Individuation Synchronicity Red Book

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person1875–1961

Carl Jung

Disciplines:

psychology

jungian psychology/archetypes

jungian psychology/unconscious

switzerland

Summary

Core Contribution

Key Spikes & Highlights

Published the Red Book in 2009 — 78 years after his death; the book (a manuscript of visionary experiences, calligraphed and illustrated by Jung himself) was kept locked by his family for decades; its publication revealed that the theoretical concepts in his published work emerged from deeply personal mystical experiences he was reluctant to make public
His affair with Sabina Spielrein (a patient) and the cover-up involving Freud are the most documented ethical violation in the history of psychoanalysis; Freud knew and helped manage the fallout; the case also produced important theoretical work that Spielrein published under her own name

Notable Works & Achievements

Psychology of the Unconscious

Psychological Types

Modern Man in Search of a Soul

Memories, Dreams, Reflections

The Red Book

Historical Influences

Freud Goethe Friedrich Nietzsche

Intellectual Lineage

Kesswil, Switzerland University of Basel Burghölzli psychiatric hospital Freud Küsnacht

Contemporaries & Peers

Sigmund Freud Alfred Adler Sabina Spielrein

Minds Influenced

Intellectual Posterity

Collective unconscious Archetypes Introversion/extroversion MBTI Individuation Synchronicity Red Book

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Carl Jung

Ask anything about Carl Jung — their ideas, influences, contradictions, legacy.