Was Carl Jung an Antisemite?

One of the reasons for Carl Jung’s disregard in academic circles is the allegation that he was an antisemite. In this episode we explore the source and substance of these allegations. This is the second episode in the series “If you see the Buddha on the road kill him“. There’s a lot of hero worship and idolisation of Carl Jung out there of which I have in the past been plenty guilty of. This series is an attempt to return Jung to his human size in our psyches by looking at where he wasn’t perfect and may have gotten things wrong. In the previous episode we looked at Jung’s words on the existential philosophers. ____________________ 📚 Further Reading: - Cohen B (2012) Jung’s Answer to Jews. _Jung Journal_ 6(1): 56–71. - Goggin JE and Goggin EB (2001) _Death of a ‘Jewish Science’: Psychoanalysis in the Third Reich_. West Lafayette, Ind: Purdue University Press. - Jung, C. (2014) *After the Catastrophe* in: _Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 10: Civilization in Transition_. edited by RFC Hull Princeton University Press, pp. 194–217. Available at: []() (accessed 13 January 2024). - Jung, C. (2014) *The State of Psychotherapy Today* in: _Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 10: Civilization in Transition_. edited by RFC Hull Princeton University Press, pp. 157–174. Available at: []() (accessed 14 August 2023). - Kaufmann W (2003) _Discovering the Mind. Vol. 3: Freud, Adler, and Jung / Walter Kaufmann_. 3. print. New Brunswick: Transaction Publ. - Kirsch T (2012) Jung and His Relationship to Judaism. _Jung Journal_ 6(1): 10–20. - Samuels A (1994) Jung and antisemitism. _Jewish Quarterly_ 41(1). Routledge: 59–63. ________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: ▶ Ko-fi: _________________ 💬 More from The Living Philosophy ▶ Discord ▶ 📨 Subscribe with email: ________________ 🎼 Media Used: 1. Despair and Triumph  — Kevin MacLeod 2. Long Note Three  — Kevin MacLeod 3. Evening Fall Harp — Kevin MacLeod 4. Anguish — Kevin MacLeod 5. Lightless Dawn  — Kevin MacLeod 6. There’s Probably No Time — Chris Zabriskie 7. Mesmerize — Kevin MacLeod 8. End of the Era — Kevin MacLeod 9. Dark Times — Kevin MacLeod Subscribe to Kevin MacLeod Subscribe to Chris Zabriskie _________________ ⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 2:35 The Accusations 4:00 1. President of the “International General Medical Society“ 6:55 2. Promotion of Mein Kampf 8:42 The State of Psychotherapy Today (1934) 10:03 3. Jewish Science 13:59 4. “Weak like women“ 17:32 5. Lower Potential Psyche 20:54 6. Parasitical 22:26 Jung’s Defence 24:29 Why Apologise