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, and 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 caused by a psychological crisis formed in the collective unconscious of countries and peoples. In this context, Jung provides an intriguing analysis of the collective unconscious of Germany, which was the initiator of two world wars, and offers his forecast on 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 a wide variety of issues 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 mental epidemics, and even on UFOs.