Another serious misunderstanding: Jung, Giegerich and a premature requiem. Issue 1 (22nd January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Saban, Mark
• Is Part Of: Journal of analytical psychology. Volume 60:Issue 1(2015:Feb.)
• Page Start: 94
• Page End: 113
• Publication Date: 2015-01-22
• Subjects: Giegerich -- Jung's dreams and visions -- obsolescence of analytical psychology -- soul; âme -- désuétude de la psychologie analytique -- Giegerich -- rêves et visions de Jung; seele -- veraltetsein der analytischen psychologie -- Giegerich -- Jung's träume und visionen; anima -- obsolescenza della psicologia analitica -- Giegerich -- sogni e visioni di Jung; душа -- моральный износ аналитической психологии -- Гигерих -- сны и видения Юнга; alma -- obsolencia de la psicología analítica -- Giegerich -- sueños y visiones de Jung; Jungian psychology -- Periodicals; 131.3405
• DOI: 10.1111/1468-5922.12130
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-8774

Abstract

Abstract: Barreto's paper, 'Requiem for analytical psychology' utilized Jung's dreams and visions to argue for the obsolescence of Jungian psychology. Its thesis rested upon the theoretical assumptions of Giegerich's psychology as a Discipline of Interiority, which he and Giegerich claim are themselves based in Jung's psychology. Here I argue that that claim is misplaced because it depends upon a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of Jung's psychological project. I shall further argue that Giegerich's arguments for a Jungian basis to his psychology rely upon misreadings and decontextualisations of Jung's original texts. Finally, I shall attempt to draw attention to the weaknesses and contradictions involved in Barreto's interpretations of Jung's dreams and visions.