Essays on Contemporary Events

Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961). Founded the analytical school of psychology and developed a radical new theory of the unconscious.

• Chapter 1 Introduction:; Chapter 2 Wotan 1, First published as “Wotan,” Neue Schweizer Rundschau (Zurich), n.s., III (March, 1936), 657–69. Motto, trans. by H. C. Roberts: “In Germany shall divers sects arise, Coming very near to happy paganism. The heart captivated and small receivings Shall open the gate to pay the true tithe.”; Chapter 3 Psychotherapy Today 1, A lecture delivered to a Section of the Swiss Society for Psychotherapy at its fourth annual meeting (1941). The Section was formed to further the interests of psychotherapists in Switzerland. The lecture was published as “Die Psychotherapie in der Gegenwart” in the Schweizerische Zeilschrift für Psychologie und ihre Anwendungen, IV (1945), 1–18.; Chapter 4 Psychotherapy and a Philosophy of Life 1, The introductory address to a discussion at the Conference for Psychology, Zurich, September 26, 1942. Published as “Psychotherapie und Weltanschauung” in the Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Psychologie und ihre Anwendungen, I (1943):3, 157–64.; Chapter 5 After the Catastrophe 1, First published as “Nach der Katastrophe,” Neue Schweizer Rundschau (Zurich), n.s., XIII (1945), 67–88.; Chapter 6 Epilogue;

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