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person1940–1988

Gerhard Adler

Disciplines:
jungian psychology
uk/london
jung/jung collected works

Summary

German-British Jungian analyst who co-edited the Collected Works of C.G. Jung in English (with R.F.C. Hull as translator) and was a founding figure of the British Jungian community — his editorial work on the Collected Works was the most important scholarly contribution to making Jung available in English.

Core Contribution

Made Jung's complete works available in English — the Collected Works project (Princeton/Bollingen) required decades of editorial work and was the foundation of all subsequent English-language Jungian scholarship.

Notable Works & Achievements

Studies in Analytical Psychology

Historical Influences

C.G. Jung German intellectual tradition

Intellectual Lineage

Berlin London Society of Analytical Psychology

Contemporaries & Peers

Michael Fordham Aniela Jaffé

Minds Influenced

Jung scholarship British Jungian traditionJungian tradition

Intellectual Posterity

Collected Works of C.G. JungBritish Jungian school

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