K.G. Jung: collective unconscious and German national socialism

Occupation: Professor of the Department of theory of state and law and political science of the faculty of law at Lomonosov Moscow state University
Affiliation: Lomonosov Moscow state University
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Journal name

Gosudarstvo i pravo

Edition

Issue 4

Pages

21-34

Abstract

The article examines the views of Swiss psychologist K.G. Jung on German National Socialism from the perspective of his theory of the collective unconscious. According to Jung, understanding the true causes of the emergence of nazism in Germany is possible only by studying the collective unconscious of Germans. The article reveals the mechanism of influence of archetypes on the formation of the ideology and practice of National Socialism. The characterization of the nation, the masses as a biological phenomenon subordinated not so much to reason as to emotions and instincts is given. Jung’s views on dictatorial regimes and dictators of the 20–40s of the XX century are presented.

Keywords

analytical psychology, collective unconscious, archetypes, Jung, fascism, national socialism, dictatorship, totalitarianism

Received

30.12.2021

Publication date

11.05.2022

Number of characters

60007

Cite

GOST	Zhukov V. K.G. Jung: collective unconscious and German national socialism // Gosudarstvo i pravo – 2022. – Issue 4 C. 21-34 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://gospravo-journal.ru/S102694520019614-6-1 (circulation date: 05.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S102694520019614-6
MLA	Zhukov, Vyacheslav N "K.G. Jung: collective unconscious and German national socialism." Gosudarstvo i pravo 4 (2022):21-34. DOI: 10.31857/S102694520019614-6
APA	Zhukov V. (2022). K.G. Jung: collective unconscious and German national socialism. Gosudarstvo i pravo (4), pp.21-34 DOI: 10.31857/S102694520019614-6

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