TR, misc. This one goes out to Jed.............

Ian Livingston igrlivingston at gmail.com
Mon Jun 6 11:51:47 CDT 2011


Oh, dear, do you know a roomful of "Jungians"? How dreadful! Still,
Jung had a much more realistic and rational approach to the human
psyche than did Freud. And his insights actually hold up in literary
studies, whereas Freud holds up like a bowl of unbaked clay. It may be
a pretty bowl, but it won't hold water. Read them both, then decide.
In any case, both are now old hat, and what matters is how we look at
culture, society, and psychology in the light of current research and
theory.

On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Jed Kelestron <jedkelestron at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Freud, on the other hand, dealt solely with his own--the neurotics. <<
>
> And Jung; his own--the psychotics.
>
> There's no better No Exit than a room full of Jungians.
>



-- 
"Less than any man have I  excuse for prejudice; and I feel for all
creeds the warm sympathy of one who has come to learn that even the
trust in reason is a precarious faith, and that we are all fragments
of darkness groping for the sun. I know no more about the ultimates
than the simplest urchin in the streets." -- Will Durant



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