This episode is an exploration of the allegations of racism against Jung and looks at some possible defences of Jung.
Since Dalal published Jung: A Racist in 1988 there has been something of an open crisis in Jungian circles regarding the extent of the issue and what is to be done about it. This episode is about laying out the issue in as clear a way as possible. To learn more about the schism in the Jungian community see Samuels 2019 in the Further Reading section below.
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📚 References:
- Hannah, B. (1976). Jung: His Life and His Work. New York: Putnam
- Jung, C.G. (1909) Report on America. In The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, vol. 18. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
- Jung, C.G. (1927) Woman in Europe. In The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, vol. 10. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
- Jung, C.G. (1927a) Mind and Earth. In The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, vol. 10. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
- Jung, C.G. (1930) The Complications of American Psychology. In The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, vol. 10. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
- Jung, C.G. (1930) A Radio Talk in Munich. In The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, vol. 18. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
- Jung, C. G. (1935). The Tavistock lectures. In The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, vol. 18. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
- Jung, C. G. (1989). Memories, Dreams, Reflections. New York: Vintage Books.
- Radin, P. (1927). Primitive Man as Philosopher. New York: D. Appleton and Company
- Shamdasani, S. (2003). Jung and the making of modern psychology: The dream of a science. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
📚 Further Reading:
- Dalal F (1988) Jung: A Racist. British Journal of Psychotherapy 4(3): 263–279.
- Collins J (2009) ‘Shadow Selves’: Jung, Africa and the Psyche. Interventions 11(1). Routledge: 69–80.
- Brewster F (2013) Wheel of Fire: The African American Dreamer and Cultural Consciousness. Jung Journal 7(1): 70–87.
- Brewster F (2017) African Americans and Jungian Psychology: Leaving the Shadows. London: Routledge.
- Samuels A (2018) Jung and ‘Africans’: a critical and contemporary review of some of the issues. International Journal of Jungian Studies 10(2). Brill: 122–134.
- Samuels A (2019) Notes on the Open Letter on Jung and ‘Africans’ published in the British Journal of Psychotherapy, November 2018. Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society 24(2): 217–229.
- Johnson, J. (2020) Being white, being Jungian: implications of Jung’s encounter with the ‘non-European’ other1. The Journal of analytical psychology 65(4). J Anal Psychol.
- Carter C (2021) Time for space at the table: an African American - Native American analyst-in-training’s first-hand reflections. A call for the IAAP to publicly denounce (but not erase) the White supremacist writings of C.G. Jung. The Journal of analytical psychology 66(1). J Anal Psychol.
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🎼 Media Used:
1. Eye - Hara Noda
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⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
2:13 Jung: A Racist
5:46 One African Race
8:53 Nature Over Nurture
11:31 Jung on African Americans
16:58 Defence 1: Primitive Compliment
19:21 Defence 2: Man of His Times
