The work of Carl Gustav Jung

Type :

Term papers

Pages :

12 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

09/25/2009

Category :

Philosophy & literature

Sub category :

Humanities/philosophy

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Summary :

Introduction
The views of Jung collaborators
1. Marie Louise Von Franz
2. Wolfgang Pauli
3. Idea of the collective unconscious
4. The emergence of the ego
5. Stage of ego differentiation and thinking
Rational and irrational nature of Jungian psychology
1. The archetype hypothesis
2. Anti-rational contextual influences on Jung
3. Jung being scientific
4. The ideas of analytical psychology
5. Arthur Schopenhauer
6. Importance of William James and Theodore Flournoy on Jung
7. Jung's psychology as biological or symbolic
The world of Jungian psychology
1. The splits between London and Zurich training schools
2. Fordham's psychoanalytical leanings
3. Three schools of Jungian thought
Conclusion
References and notes

Abstract

In this essay we will explore whether the work of carl gustav jung has been built upon. Alternatively the psychology that jung built may have been close to entirely his own with little contribution from others. Or perhaps a great deal of additional work will have been contributed from others. These are the questions that this essay will delve into. Jungian psychology is a field of knowledge in its own right. Hence only a thick book could hope to explore all of the different thinkers and debates that have resulted from the psychology that the Swiss psychologist established. Nevertheless, we can note the key attempts at contributing to jung's psychology. For example from within the first generation of Jungians, Marie Louise Von Franz was jung's main collaborator. But was she too close to add anything? Also in the first generation was the Nobel Prize winning physicist, Wolfgang Pauli. Pauli agreed with much of jung's insights but denied being anyone's poodle. So did Pauli contribute anything? Von Franz and Pauli will be part 1's subject matter. In part 2 we will explore confusion or conflict over the key archetype hypothesis. This will give the reader some perspective over whether jung's work can be regarded as valid or not. In order to ensure that the reader can stay with jung's work without dismissing it all as simply invalid we will remind the reader of the rational/irrational poles of Jungian psychology. The psyche isn't always clear, rational, logical. jung's work at least has validity as descriptive of the psychologically irrational. Part 3 will then bring us into the third generation.