Civilization in Transition

Carl Gustav Jung 1875–1961 – a Swiss psychologist, psychotherapist, philosopher, sociologist, and cultural scientist – is one of the outstanding scholars of the 20th century, a student of Sigmund Freud, the founder of analytical psychology and psychotherapy. A significant part of this volume is devoted to examining the origins of global military conflicts that shook Europe in the early and mid 20th century. From the author's perspective, such conflicts are largely conditioned by a psychological crisis formed in the collective unconscious of nations and peoples. In this context, Jung provides a fascinating analysis of the collective unconscious of Germany, the initiator of two world wars, and offers his forecast regarding how the complex of collective guilt will reflect in the future on the moral climate of all Europe. The collection also includes articles dedicated to various problems of our time, in which he reflects on social and political upheavals, on dreams and fantasies that reflect mass aspirations, on what conscience, good, and evil are in analytical psychology, on psychic epidemics, and even on UFOs.