- I characterized Freud’s and Jung’s work as “first person psychology,” as opposed to prevailing “third person” approaches. Is this a viable project? Can introspection be rigorous? What are the strengths and weaknesses of this approach vis-à-vis what have become standard paradigms?
- How does Freud interpret “the dream of the botanical monograph”? Is his interpretation persuasive? Why or why not?
- How is the unconscious like a dissident artist, and what might that tell us about the unconscious and about art?
- Is the depth psychology we have studied in texts by Freud and Jung a science? An art? What is it exactly?
- Discuss Jung’s concept of synchronicity as displayed in The Red Book.
- What kind of a text is The Red Book? Does it belong within any recognizable tradition? If so, who are its ancestors?
- What were the most important differences between Freud and Jung? Freud never saw The Red Book. What would have been his response?
- Is The Red Book a classic or a curiosity? Should it be read in Great Books courses? In Psychology courses? Why?
- Discuss Jungian psychology in light of cultural anthropology. To what extent does Jung seek to recapitulate earlier forms of consciousness? To what extent is his Red Book a general critique of modernity?
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