The psychology of Jung by James Oppenheim
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The psychology of Jung by James Oppenheim is a brief work of psychological exposition written in the early 20th century. It introduces and interprets analytical psychology for general readers, contrasting it with rival schools, and its topic is the foundations, scope, and practical aims of Jung’s thought. The book opens by tracing psychoanalysis from its medical and religious roots, then summarizes Freud’s system: repression creates the unconscious; dreams are symbolic; neurosis stems
chiefly from sexual conflict, notably the Oedipus complex, with relief through acceptance and sublimation. It next presents Adler’s counterview: neurosis grows from feelings of inferiority that fuel a will-to-power and a “masculine protest,” illustrated by lives driven to overcompensate. The narrative then turns to Jung’s break and core contributions: the collective unconscious with its archetypal myths (heroic death and rebirth, sun-myth), religious projections, and the symbolic—not literal—meaning of incest dreams as a drive toward deep introversion and renewal. A central section contrasts introversion and extraversion, using vivid portraits to show how Western culture favors the outward, while the inward type births originality and prophecy; it also explains the four functions—thinking, feeling, intuition, sensation—and their extraverted or introverted forms, yielding eight types whose one-sided development breeds conflict. The work reframes neurosis as a clash between developed and neglected functions, proposing resolution through the “transcendent function,” where dreams and especially waking phantasies offer prospective guidance toward a “middle path.” The goal is individuation: a more whole, balanced personality, achieved not by mass creed but by a personal, inwardly guided analysis, with suggested further reading in Jung’s major works. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Oppenheim, James, 1882-1932 |
|---|---|
| Editor | Haldeman-Julius, E. (Emanuel), 1888-1951 |
| LoC No. | ca28000424 |
| Title | The psychology of Jung |
| Original Publication | Girard: Haldeman-Julius Company, 1925. |
| Series Title | Little blue book ; no. 978 |
| Credits | Tim Miller, toy9683 and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | BF: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Psychology, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis |
| Subject | Psychoanalysis |
| Subject | Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 77864 |
| Release Date | Feb 5, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 486 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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