Carl Gustav Jung is a doctor psychiatrist Swiss born1875. Jung is the founder of analytical psychology and influential thinker, he is the author of numerous books. His work is linked to the beginnings of the psychoanalysis of Sigmund Freud , of whom he was one of the first disciples and from whom he subsequently separated due to theoretical and personal differences.
In his works, Jung mixes metapsychological and practical reflections about the analytical treatment .
Jung devoted his life to clinical practice as well as to the development of psychological theories, but also explored other areas of the humanities : from the comparative study of religions, philosophy and sociology to the critique of the art and literature .
Carl Gustav Jung was a pioneer of depth psychology : he underlined the link between the structure of the psyche (that is to say the "soul", in the Jungian vocabulary) and its cultural productions and manifestations. . He introduced into his method notions of the human sciences drawn from fields of knowledge as diverse as anthropology , alchemy , the study of dreams , mythology and religion , which enabled him to grasp the " reality of the soul ”. While Jung was not the first to study dreams , his contributions in this area have been instrumental.
Summaries of and on Carl Jung
Jungian Concepts
Jung's Books and Essays
Jungian Archetypes
The Anima and the Animus
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