Jung in Contexts

Another positioning of Jung, this time in relation to history, literature and history of ideas. The historical part contains an illuminating essay on 'Memories, Dreams, Reflections' by showing it up as more biographical (edited by Aniela Jaffe) rather than autobiographical in that there are significant and often personal omissions when the original transcripts were edited. Also of interest in the first part is a discussion of Jung's views on Nazism. The second section contains new material on Jung's relationship with and influence on Thomas Mann. While in the third there are striking similarities shown up with Schopenhauer and a consideration by the editor of Jung's reading of Nietzsche's Zarathustra. A final essay is unusual in treating Jung and Bergson, but the latter did help clarify Jung's use and subsequent adoption of the intuitive as one of his key typological categories.