Jung's Red Book and its relation to aspects of German Idealism

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ID8983329
AuthorsPaul Bishop (0000-0003-3307-5159, Glasgow Life, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume57
Issue3
Pages335-363
Publication date2012-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Analytical Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-8774 • E-ISSN: 1465-5922
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-5922.2012.01974.x
PMID22724598
OpenAlexW1899226645
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited25

The late nineteenth century saw a renaissance of interest in the thought of the German Romantic philosopher, F.W.J. Schelling. This paper takes Jung's engagement with Schelling and his awareness of Schellingian ideas and interests (notably, the mysterious Kabeiroi worshipped at Samothrace) as its starting-point. It goes on to argue that a key set of problematics in German Idealism - the relation between freedom and necessity, between science and art, and ultimately between realism and idealism - offers a useful conceptual framework within which to approach Jung's Red Book. For the problem of the ideal is central to this work, which can be read as a journey from eternal ideals to the ideal of eternity. (Although the term 'idealism' has at least four distinct meanings, their distinct senses can be related in different ways to Jung's thinking.) The eloquent embrace of idealism by F.T. Vischer in a novel, Auch Einer, for which Jung had the highest praise, reminds us of the persistence of this tradition, which is still contested and debated in the present day

Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Eternity · German · German idealism · Hegelianism · Ideal (ethics · Idealism · Literature · Praise · Realism · Relation (database · Jungian Analytical Psychology · Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations · Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel · Philosophy

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