A discussion of the importance of dissociationism in Carl Jung’s psychology

Type :

Presentation

Pages :

6 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

02/20/2009

Category :

Social studies

Sub category :

Psychology

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Summary :

Introduction.
Part 1: Dissociation psychology.
1. A mention of Rene Descartes.
2. A stronger basis, for psychology, than associationism.
3. Paulhan's emphasized three key laws.
4. Double or multiple personality.
5. Dissociationism.
Part 2 - Jung: Dissociation and the archetypes.
1. The dissociationism of the late nineteenth century.
2. The Jungian leaning psychoanalyst: Anthony Storr.
3. Fear of the complex.
4. Dissociationism as a confusion of conscious.
Conclusion.
Bibliography.

Abstract

carl jung's psychology is often regarded as having been some kind of Freudianism albeit jung's more esoteric spin on it. The most important of jung's theories is the archetypes hypothesis. Certainly jung's influences can be tracked and they are numerous. But in this paper we will argue that one of the most important factors in jung's thought, that was necessary for him to be able to establish his psychology, was French dissociationism. This has been well documented in recent years within Jungian scholarship, most notably by John R Haule who wrote From Somnambulism to the Archetypes: The French Roots of jung's split with Freud.1 Haule himself credits Ellenberger who wrote The Discovery of the Unconscious: The History and Evolution of Dynamic Psychiatry.2 Basically, it has emerged that jung, whilst influenced by Freud, was more influenced by Janet than Freud.We will start here with a mention of Rene Descartes whose philosophy separated mind from body and therefore paved the way for medical science to establish itself and to advance.