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Opinion on Carl Jung? (lemmygrad.ml)
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All I remember is he comes after Freud, some of his followers are annoying, there’s a Marxist podcast that likes him called ‘the return of the repressed,’ and I don’t think Lukacs liked him.

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[–] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Has some interesting ideas, and his autobiography isn't a bad read, but the force of his life was essentially pushing idealist trends in psychology and philosophy.

I don't think he took a firm stand in the cold war, and he never engaged with Marxism directly, or any political topics really. Also since his philosphy is completely unthreatening, and has not even the tiniest hint of class analysis, he's held up as a pillar of western thought in the 20th century. Many of the "anti-totalitarian", "post-left", and various other european nonsense tendencies cite him as an influence. I believe some of Gabriel Rockhill's articles / books touch on this.

I personally think he's not worth reading, as he addresses none of the most pressing questions of our times.