This volume contains essays bearing on the contemporary scene and, in particular, on the relation of the individual to society.
For this second edition of Civilization in Transition, essential corrections have been made in the text, and the bibliographical references have been brought up to date.
This volume contains essays bearing on the contemporary scene and, in particular, on the relation of the individual to society. In the earliest one (1918), Jung advanced the theory that the European conflict was basically a psychological crisis originating in the collective unconscious of individuals. He pursued this theory in papers written during the '20s and '30s, focusing on the upheaval in Germany, and he gave it a much wider application in two major works of his last years ^DDL The Undiscovered Self, concerned with the relation between the individual and a mass society, and Flying Saucers, on the birth of a myth which Jung regarded as compensating the scientistic trends of our technological era. An appendix contains documents relating to Jung's association with the International General Medical Society for Psychotherapy.
I The Role of the Unconscious Translated from " Über das Unbewusste,"
Schweizerland(Zürich), IV (1918). Mind and Earth Translated from "Seele und
Erde," Seelenprobleme der Gegenwart (Zürich: Rascher, 1931) Archaic Man
Translated from " Der archaische Mensch," Seelenprobleme der Gegenwart
(Zürich: Rascher, 1931).The Spiritual Problem of Modern Man Translated from
"Das Seelenproblem des modernen Menschen," Seelenprobleme der Gegenwart
(Zürich: Rascher II The Love Problem of a Student Translated from an
unpublished ms. (1922?).Woman in E urope Translated from "Die Frau in
Europa," Europäische Revue (Berlin), III (1927).The Meaning of Psychology for
Modern Man Translated from "Die Bedeutung der Psychologie für die Gegenwart,"
Wirklichkeit der Seele (Zürich: Rascher, 1934).The State of Psychotherapy
Today Translated from "Zur gegenwärtigen Lage der Psychotherapie/
Zentralblatt für Psychotherapie and ihre Grenzgebiete (Leipzig), VII (1934).
Preface to Essays on Contemporary Events Translated from Vorwort to Aufsätze
zur Zeitgeschichte (Zürich: Rascher, 1946). Wotan Translated from "Wotan,"
Neue Schweizer Rundschau (Zürich), n.s., III (1936). After the Catastrophe
Translated from "Nach der Katastrophe," Neue Schweizer Rundschau (Zürich),
n.s., XIII (1945). The Fight with the Shadow 218 Originally published in
English in The Listener (London), XXXVI (1946). Epilogue to Essays on
Contemporary Events Translated from Nachwort to Aufsätze zur Zeitgeschichte
(Zürich: Rascher, 1946). IV The Undiscovered Self (Present and Future)
Translated from Gegenwart und Zukunft (Zürich: Rascher,
1. The Plight of the
Individual in Modern Society,
2. Religion as the Counterbalance to
Mass-Mindedness,3. The Position of the West on the Question of Religion,
4.
The Individuals Understanding of Himself,
5. The Philosophical and the
Psychological Approach to Life,
6. Self-Knowledge,7. The Meaning of Self
Knowledge, Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of T hings Seen in the Skies
Translated from Ein moderner Mythus: Von Dingen, die am Himmel gesehen werden
(Zürich and Stuttgart: Rascher, x958)- Preface to the First English Edition,
Introductory,
1. Ufos as Rumours,
2. Ufos in Dreams,
3. Ufos in Modern
Painting,
4. Previous History of the Ufo Phenomenon,
5. Ufos Considered in a
Non-Psychological Light, Epilogue, VI A Psychological View of Conscience
Translated from "Das Gewissen in psychologischer Sicht/' in Das Gewissen
(Studien aus dem C. G. Jung-Institut, VII; Zürich: Rascher, 1958). Good and
Evil in Analytical Psychology, Translated from "Gut und Böse in der
analytischen Psychologie/ in Gut und Böse in der Psychotherapie, ed. by
Wilhelm Bitter (Stuttgart: "Arzt und Seelsorger," 1959). Introduction to Toni
WolfFs Studies in Jungian Psychology, Translated from the Vorrede to Wolff,
Studien zu C. G. Jungs Psychologie (Zürich: Rhein, 1959). VII The Swiss Line
in the European Spectrum Translated from "Die Bedeutung der schweizerischen
Linie im Spektrum Europas/ Neue Schweizer Rundschau (Zürich), XXIV (1928).
The Rise of a New World, Translated from "Der Aufgang einer neuen Welt/, Neue
Zürcher Zeitung (Zürich), La Revolution Mondiale, Translated from "Ein neues
Buch von Keyserling/ Basler Nachrichten, XXVIII (1934). The Complications of
American Psychology, Originally published in English as "Your Negroid and
Indian Behavior," Forum (New York), LXXXIII (1930). The Dream like World of
India Originally published in English in Asia (New York), X XXIX (1939)- What
India Can Teach Us, Originally published in English in Asia (New York).
C.G. Jung, Sir Herbert Read, Michael Fordham, Gerhard Adler, R.F.C. Hull