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Critique of Psychoanalysis
Until 1912 the association of Jung and Freud was very close, and Jung was regarded as one of the leading practitioners of psychoanalysis. Subsequently, however, Jung began to differ with Freud, and his public criticism of psychoanalysis led to a formal rupture between them. The papers in this volume contain the essentials of that criticism, especially "The Theory of Psychoanalysis," a lecture series given at Fordham University in 1912. Two later papers―"Freud and Contrasts" and the introduction to a book by W. M. Kranefeldt―together form a basis for further study of Jung's reassessment of psychoanalysis.
Originally published in 1976.
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Originally published in 1976.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
282 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1975
About the author
C.G. Jung
1,941 books12k followersCarl Gustav Jung (/jʊŋ/; German: [ˈkarl ˈɡʊstaf jʊŋ]), often referred to as C. G. Jung, was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology. Jung proposed and developed the concepts of extraversion and introversion; archetypes, and the collective unconscious. His work has been influential in psychiatry and in the study of religion, philosophy, archeology, anthropology, literature, and related fields. He was a prolific writer, many of whose works were not published until after his death.
The central concept of analytical psychology is individuation—the psychological process of integrating the opposites, including the conscious with the unconscious, while still maintaining their relative autonomy. Jung considered individuation to be the central process of human development.
Jung created some of the best known psychological concepts, including the archetype, the collective unconscious, the complex, and synchronicity. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), a popular psychometric instrument, has been developed from Jung's theory of psychological types.
Though he was a practising clinician and considered himself to be a scientist, much of his life's work was spent exploring tangential areas such as Eastern and Western philosophy, alchemy, astrology, and sociology, as well as literature and the arts. Jung's interest in philosophy and the occult led many to view him as a mystic, although his ambition was to be seen as a man of science. His influence on popular psychology, the "psychologization of religion", spirituality and the New Age movement has been immense.
The central concept of analytical psychology is individuation—the psychological process of integrating the opposites, including the conscious with the unconscious, while still maintaining their relative autonomy. Jung considered individuation to be the central process of human development.
Jung created some of the best known psychological concepts, including the archetype, the collective unconscious, the complex, and synchronicity. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), a popular psychometric instrument, has been developed from Jung's theory of psychological types.
Though he was a practising clinician and considered himself to be a scientist, much of his life's work was spent exploring tangential areas such as Eastern and Western philosophy, alchemy, astrology, and sociology, as well as literature and the arts. Jung's interest in philosophy and the occult led many to view him as a mystic, although his ambition was to be seen as a man of science. His influence on popular psychology, the "psychologization of religion", spirituality and the New Age movement has been immense.
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August 27, 2021
A very good book! Jung is an interesting character. He seems to be deeply scientific and yet he is a bit mystical and open to metaphysical realities. He believes that Religions and the belief in God is a fundamental aspect that is deeply rooted in mankind.
Not really knowing a lot about Psychoanalysis or much about Freud or Jung I learned a great deal.
Freud believed that the primary driving force of people is sexual which is backed by the materialistic philosophy. Alder believed the primary driving force of people is the will to power which is backed philosophically by Nietzsche.
Jung says depending upon the individual either urge can play a part and there are probably other one's that haven't been discovered yet.
Psychoanalysis requires the practitioner to have 'cleaned his own hands' so to speak. The analyst starts by inquiring about conscious material before delving into the patients dreams and unconscious.
Second read:
Reading it a second time and being more familiar with Freud and Psychoanalysis in general I feel like I got a lot more out of it this time.
Freud believed in the childhood trauma theory which caused sexual libido to be fixated on this event thus causing the neurosis. It was the analysis job to follow the patients memories and fantasies to find the causal event and bring it to light. Which would then bring healing.
Jung believed that this could happen but in a patient who claims to have had a childhood trauma and was then find for 20 years before coming neurotic, a different theory is needed to explain this. In his experience a patients memories of traumatic events could be true or could be fantasy and is most likely fantasy. Jung uses the mountain climber analogy to describe how the neurosis develops. A normal person climbs a mountain and runs into an obstacle that blocks his path. He will either go a different route, uses this failure as motivation to try harder next time, or decides he has no business climbing mountains at all. But he adapts to reality in some manner. The neurotic on the other hand creates a fantasy in order to maintain the belief in himself. In order to do that he redirects his libido he could of used to adapt to reality in order to construct a delusional story about how he climbed the obstacle rather easily. By libido Jung means psychical energy that incorporates Freud and Adler's drives.
When the central channel of a river is blocked the water begins to back up. And since the water has to go somewhere it finds older channels from previous states of development. Thus the return to an infantile relationship to the parents.
For Jung it is not what happened in the past thats most relevant its what happened recently that's most significant. In other words what is the obstacle blocking the path and causing a regression to occur? Jung uses association techniques in order to find out these fantasies and bring them to light in order to release the libido attachment to them in order to free enough libido to surmount and overcome the obstacle.
Not really knowing a lot about Psychoanalysis or much about Freud or Jung I learned a great deal.
Freud believed that the primary driving force of people is sexual which is backed by the materialistic philosophy. Alder believed the primary driving force of people is the will to power which is backed philosophically by Nietzsche.
Jung says depending upon the individual either urge can play a part and there are probably other one's that haven't been discovered yet.
Psychoanalysis requires the practitioner to have 'cleaned his own hands' so to speak. The analyst starts by inquiring about conscious material before delving into the patients dreams and unconscious.
Second read:
Reading it a second time and being more familiar with Freud and Psychoanalysis in general I feel like I got a lot more out of it this time.
Freud believed in the childhood trauma theory which caused sexual libido to be fixated on this event thus causing the neurosis. It was the analysis job to follow the patients memories and fantasies to find the causal event and bring it to light. Which would then bring healing.
Jung believed that this could happen but in a patient who claims to have had a childhood trauma and was then find for 20 years before coming neurotic, a different theory is needed to explain this. In his experience a patients memories of traumatic events could be true or could be fantasy and is most likely fantasy. Jung uses the mountain climber analogy to describe how the neurosis develops. A normal person climbs a mountain and runs into an obstacle that blocks his path. He will either go a different route, uses this failure as motivation to try harder next time, or decides he has no business climbing mountains at all. But he adapts to reality in some manner. The neurotic on the other hand creates a fantasy in order to maintain the belief in himself. In order to do that he redirects his libido he could of used to adapt to reality in order to construct a delusional story about how he climbed the obstacle rather easily. By libido Jung means psychical energy that incorporates Freud and Adler's drives.
When the central channel of a river is blocked the water begins to back up. And since the water has to go somewhere it finds older channels from previous states of development. Thus the return to an infantile relationship to the parents.
For Jung it is not what happened in the past thats most relevant its what happened recently that's most significant. In other words what is the obstacle blocking the path and causing a regression to occur? Jung uses association techniques in order to find out these fantasies and bring them to light in order to release the libido attachment to them in order to free enough libido to surmount and overcome the obstacle.
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