Jung and the Making of Modern Psychology Occultist, Scientist, Prophet, Charlatan – C. G. Jung has been called all these things and after decades of myth making is one of the most misunderstoodfiguresinWesternintellectualhistory.Thisbookisthe first comprehensive study of the formation of his psychology, as well asprovidinganewaccountoftheriseofmodernpsychologyandpsy- chotherapy.Basedonawealthofhithertounknownarchivalmaterials itreconstructsthereceptionofJung’sworkinthehumansciences,and itsimpactonthesocialandintellectualhistoryofthetwentiethcentury. This book creates a basis for all future discussion of Jung, and opens newvistasonpsychologytoday. is a historian of psychology and a Research As- sociate of the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UniversityCollegeLondon.HismostrecentbookCultFictions:C.G. JungandtheFoundingofAnalyticalPsychologywontheGradivaPrizefor the best historical and biographical work from the World Association fortheAdvancementofPsychoanalysis. http://avaxhome.ws/blogs/ChrisRedfield Jung and the Making of Modern Psychology The Dream of a Science Sonu Shamdasani Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge , United Kingdom Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521831451 © Sonu Shamdasani 2003 This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published in print format 2003 - ---- eBook (NetLibrary) - --- eBook (NetLibrary) - ---- hardback - --- hardback - ---- paperback - --- paperback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of s for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this book, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. For Maggie Contents Acknowledgments pagexii Listofabbreviations xiv Noteontranslations xvi Prologue:“Themostcurseddilettante” 1 1 Theindividualandtheuniversal 29 2 Nightandday 100 3 Bodyandsoul 163 4 Theancientinthemodern 271 References 353 Index 378 vii Full contents Acknowledgments xii Listofabbreviations xiv Noteontranslations xvi Prologue:“Themostcurseddilettante” 1 Theadventofthenewpsychology 3 JungwithoutFreud 11 Complexpsychology 13 Thenewencyclopedia 18 TheincompleteworksofJung 22 Historicalcubism 26 1 Theindividualandtheuniversal 29 Thepersonalequation:fromastronomytopsychology 30 Thetwopopes:JamesandWundt 31 Human,culturalandhistoricalsciences? 37 Individualpsychology 40 Differentialpsychology 42 Becomingapsychiatrist 44 Differencesinassociations 45 Criticalresponses 47 Thepersonalequationinpsychoanalysis 50 JungandJames 57 Fundamentalmentalities 61 “Ourlaboratoryistheworld” 63 TheZu¨richschool 66 Typesindialogue 68 Moltzer’sintuition 70 Psychology’srelativityproblem 72 Thetheoryofattitudes 74 SchismintheJungianschool? 81 Criticalpsychologyorcharacterology? 83 Psychologyandthesciencequestion 87 2 Nightandday 100 Dreamcultures 100 Thephilosophyofsleep 104 ix