C.G. Jung and National Socialism

Grossman, Stanley I.

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“…Under the Nazis, however, this aspect of Jungianism became thoroughly imbued with, and expressive of, anti-Semitic stereotypes that fitted the period very well, and give the lie to the claim that all he was doing in differentiating 'Aryan' from 'Jewish' psychology was providing a neutral description of two differing world-views. 'Materialism' was always a code-word for 'sexual', but it gained potency from trading on images of the materialist Jew whose aim was to corrupt the spirituality of the gentile, as well as drawing in some of the antagonism towards communism and capitalism that Nazi political philosophy embodied, and Jung explicitly shared (Grossman 1979). This was linked with the Jungian and Nazi emphasis on the rootedness of the Aryan psyche in the earth -its spirituality, that is, grows out of its commitment to, and integration with, the land, and this is what makes the individual and the nation so powerfully at one.…”

Section: Jewish and Aryan Psychologymentioning

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“…Additionally, even though Jung later repudiated his Nazi associations, he never admitted any kind of culpability for his actions or views during the 1930s, and claimed to be at least bemused by the reputation he had acquired: 'I must confess my total inability to understand why it should be a crime to speak of a "Jewish" psychology' (Diller 1991, p. 191). Grossman (1979) points out that Jung made no reply to criticisms of his attitude towards Hitler until after the Second World War and never published anything encouraging resistance to the Nazis.…”

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Jung and the Nazis: Some Implications for Psychoanalysis

Frosh

2005

Psychoanalysis & History

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The involvement of Jung with German psychotherapy in the 1930s revealed a strong tendency to collaborate with the Nazis, even though his behaviour was more contradictory than has often been acknowledged. In part this was due to anti-Semitic sentiments; some of it was fuelled by the apparent opportunity to make Jungian psychology dominant over its ‘Jewish’ Freudian rival; and in part Jung's admiration for the energy of the Nazi movement seems to have been genuine.This paper traces some of the elements in Jung's activities of that period in order to highlight the mixture of pragmatic and ideological investments that also applied to many other psychotherapists, and to some German psychoanalysts at the time.

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Section: Jewish and Aryan Psychologymentioning

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Jung and the Nazis: Some Implications for Psychoanalysis

Frosh

2005

Psychoanalysis & History

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“…Even before 1933, Jung had honored Mussolini and he was quick to see Hitler as the coming leader the people needed and the SS as a class of knights ruling sixty million citizens [25]. In a speaking delivered in Vienna in November 1932, he stated that the great emancipating conducts of history have jumped from leading personalities and never from the passive hoi polloi [26], which is at all times subordinate and can only be pushed into activity by the demagogue. The autocracies may not be the best form of management, but they are the only conceivable form of regime at the moment [27].…”

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Double Dealing Homunculus, Jung, and Fascistic Proclivities

Shafti¹

2021

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Fascism is a system of government merging the most extreme features of both authoritarianism and totalitarianism, and is classically considered to be at the far-right end of the political continuum, and sees racial hygiene, political violence, battle, and expansionism as means that can attain national rejuvenation. Emergence of Fascism in the last century in Europe, which had been raised up from somewhat democratic settings, has not been overlooked by intellectuals, who are in search of origins and physiognomies of Fascism. While many of researchers appreciate Fascism as a sociological phenomenon that demands psychological autopsy, there are investigators, as well, who are in search of developmental, biological, political, economical or administrative backgrounds of Fascism. In this regard, the connection between Jung and Fascism, also, was an intricate story that has been reflected again in a number of new studies. In the present article, Fascism, as a political dogma in the spectrum of authoritarianism, though not an unfamiliar administrative scheme in the globe and history, has been looked over psychosocially, along with some remarkable standpoints of some of the most known intellectuals, who were studying Fascism, Fascists, and masses in close proximity.

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“…Transactional personalities like to create clear structures that determine what is required of and delivered (as rewards) to others, and they prefer formal systems of constraint and discipline. Liberating personalities are those who, after Jung (Grossman, 1999, p. 93), listen to their own consciences rather than the dictates of convention, while transformational personalities are concerned with meaning, values, ethics and like to form structures that satisfy purposes.Personality temperament traits as defined here are setup within a trait space and shown in Figure 2. It is feasible that the four blocks of MBTI personality states can be mapped into this space, as already indicated by Boje (2004).…”

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Migrating personality theories Part 2: towards a theory of the balanced personality?

Yolles

Fink

2009

Kybernetes

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Purpose -Some personality schemas are seen to compete with others, but are they really complementary? The purpose of this paper is to show that two trait approaches, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and Mindscape theory, which are normally considered to be competitive, shall be migrated into a more complex modeling space using knowledge cybernetics, when they are shown to have a complementary potential. Design/methodology/approach -The paper uses the meta-framework of knowledge cybernetics (KC) part of the relevantial universe identified by Maruyama, to migrate different theoretical approaches and relate them. A consequence is the possible development of a more sophisticated trait theory that is capable of providing more complex information about personality. Findings -The findings indicate that current type theories are not necessarily stand-alone, but may be seen as complementary within a broader conceptual framework. Research limitations/implications -This paper is limited to the investigation of MBTI. However, it offers a generic approach that can be applied to other solitary theories like MBTI. Practical implications -The paper leads to the possibility of improved explanatory power for a type theory than is currently possible. Originality/value -Very little comparative work has been done relating representations of MBTI and Mindscape theory. This also appears to be the first serious extensive direct comparison between any form of MBTI and Mindscapes. KC uses Habermas's three world theory and shows that it is possible to consider MBTI and Mindscape theory as conceptually distinct and complementary, and together contributing to a new way of exploring the field of personality theory.

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C.G. Jung and National Socialism

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Jung and the Nazis: Some Implications for Psychoanalysis

Jung and the Nazis: Some Implications for Psychoanalysis

Double Dealing Homunculus, Jung, and Fascistic Proclivities

Migrating personality theories Part 2: towards a theory of the balanced personality?

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