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RM, Carl Jung → C. G. Jung, Not moved, 8 December 2006, discussion
RM, Carl Jung → Carl Gustav Jung, Not moved, 14 November 2016, discussion

Lead image[edit]

Jung not facing the text, and this breaks Wikipedia's recommendations. --Bageense^(disc.) 21:33, 7 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Rape/S.A.?[edit]

This is related to an edit I asked for in the article about Sabina Spielrein.

These articles discuss the events between Jung and Spielrein as if it were ethical, normal and consensual.

She describes having been very mistreated by Jung, who had intimate relations with this teenage mental patient while he was married. I have heard that she even assaulted him with a letter knife and he had to resign from his clinic in shame.

He responds to Freud to discredit her, and none of this is mentioned in this article. The article, and many others that describe their knowledge of one another, are subjective and openly sympathetic to Jung. This is NOT a fan site. This is an objective information repository.

A section should be added discussing these very serious allegations. 2600:6C40:6100:C500:FCD8:6F26:C2F3:3F6F (talk) 17:10, 2 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Influences[edit]

He influenced Christopher Booker 193.1.86.99 (talk) 14:43, 16 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Add to Infobox if you can support it. Errantius (talk) 00:10, 17 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Christopher Booker[edit]

The Christopher Booker citation has been added to the main text. It should be in the references. 93.107.174.31 (talk) 00:48, 28 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your edit was not the correct way to cite a source. Please see Wikipedia:Citing sources and examine some existing Wikipedia articles to see how other editors have cited sources.—Anita5192 (talk) 01:11, 28 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment[edit]

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 7 January 2019 and 26 April 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Reidster12. Peer reviewers: Jjami70.

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Birth Name[edit]

Given that there is reference to his grandfather Karl and this guy is Carl, it is strange that in the righthand bio his name is
birth_name = Karl Gustav Jung
So is he Carl or Karl? (I suspect Carl based on a quick Google search, but that's not authoritative enough for me to just change it. 47.186.47.121 (talk) 12:38, 15 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have a biography of Jung in which it is said he was originally called Karl. I can supply the details when I have consulted this text. YTKJ (talk) 21:41, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Biographies[edit]

There have been numerous biographies of Jung, quite apart from his autobiography Memories, Dreams, Reflections. It would be good if the "Further Reading" section had a sub-section which listed some of these biographies. YTKJ (talk) 21:41, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Camille Paglia as a follower?[edit]

Paglia has mentioned Jung many times in her work and declared herself a subscriber to his theory of synchronicity in her work Sexual Personae (1990). Wouldn't it be worth mentioning her in the Jung template as a follower or inspiration? Ashton 29 (talk) 09:47, 20 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Behaviour, Ethics and Reciprocity[edit]

C G Jung is credited with developing the psychological theory that what one does to others, is also what one does (unknowingly) to oneself. This may be extended and understood in all areas of human behaviour.JohnEC Jr (talk) 21:54, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Family[edit]

Is more than something to be said about his sons and daughters and their lives, mission and legacy?JohnEC Jr (talk) 21:54, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]