Psychobiography Reading Group
of the Psychohistory Forum
9th Meeting
August 3, 2024 (11:00am – 1pm EDT; room opens at 10:30 am)

Carl Jung (1875 – 1961) was a Swiss psychologist and psychiatrist who founded analytic psychology, in some respects a response to Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis. Jung proposed and developed the concepts of the extraverted and the introverted personality, archetypes, and the collective unconscious. His work has been influential in psychiatry and in the study of religion, literature, and related fields. (Read further, from Britannica, at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carl-Jung)

For this meeting, we will be READING: 

“Carl Jung” Chapter by Atwood & Stolorow
(from their book Faces in a Cloud)

This is the Table of Contents for Chapter 3, on Carl Jung:

The Subjective World in Jung’s Theory
The Collective Unconscious and Archetypes Self-Dissolution
The Disunited Man
Individuation
The Psychological Origins of Jung’s Theory:
The Genesis of the Secret
Critical Formative Experiences
The Subjectivity of Jung’s Theories
Summary and Conclusions

Download this chapter from the following link:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/q5l7xevgo1rm2z1bnvin1/Atwood-Stolorow-CARL-JUNG-chapter-in-Faces-in-a-Cloud-Intersubjectivity-in-….pdf?rlkey=qwtmws6rfuyeaugun0ra5584g&dl=1

or read it online here:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/q5l7xevgo1rm2z1bnvin1/Atwood-Stolorow-CARL-JUNG-chapter-in-Faces-in-a-Cloud-Intersubjectivity-in-….pdf?rlkey=qwtmws6rfuyeaugun0ra5584g&dl=0

Also, you can download the whole book, Faces in a Cloud: Intersubjectivity and Personality Theory, by G. Atwood and R. Stolorow, from here:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qfb8h7vjmx3spczuhorwm/Atwood-Stolorow-Faces-in-a-Cloud-Intersubjectivity-in-….pdf?rlkey=djqp9geg9ppd2kow1lmwvyou9&dl=1

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Here are some non-mandatory readings
for this meeting on Carl Jung:

C.G. Jung – FIRST Years – Chapter from Memories, Dreams, Reflections
by C.G. Jung (1989)
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/dwlthpfck30xhb08pk1vi/C.G.-Jung-FIRST-Years-chapter-from-Memories-Dreams-Reflections-1989.pdf?rlkey=0fz4yqx91obu6mpfvtevrgzul&dl=1

Winnicott, D. W. (1964). Memories, Dreams, Reflections: By C. G. Jung. (London: Collins and Routledge, 1963. Pp. 383. 45s.). International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 45, 450-455. [Book review]
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/55lyebu803g7emxv0hhom/Winnicott-s-review-of-Jung-s-Autobiography.docx?rlkey=raxsk2kcvj8bgduwjtdokdqt9&dl=1

C.G. Jung – Memories, Dreams, Reflections (1989) – the full manuscript:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/1gvh15iaefog1pmrzzvtz/C.G.-Jung-Memories-Dreams-Reflections-1989.pdf?rlkey=deegluvitjkx5gaa7oge12zp7&dl=1

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The Psychobiography Research and Publication Group of the Psychohistory Forum created the virtual Psychobiography Reading Group in 2023. We meet in alternate months, with a summer break, and we work hard to keep it as a serious psychoanalytic approach to psychobiography. Subsequently, our focus will be on classic works of psychodynamic psychobiography, with the bottom-up approach rather coming from explicit underlying theories.

Please note that we choose short readings to ensure that they will be read ahead of time. Individuals who have not done the readings for this group will need to stay muted to establish this as a true discussion group.

Membership in the Psychohistory Forum is not required, although it is recommended, but your RSVP is required – see the form below.

You will get the response to your RSVP that includes the Zoom information. Zoom link reminder will also be sent out the day before the meeting.

RSVP form

To learn more about our first six meetings of our Psychobiography Reading Group, visit the following webpages:

1^st meeting on February 25^th, 2023: Reading J. Anderson’s Chapter “Winnicott’s Constant Search for the Life that Feels Real.” https://psychohistoryforum.com/announcing-the-psychobiography-reading-group-of-the-psychohistory-forum/

2^nd meeting on April 1^st, 2023: Reading E. Erikson’s Gandhi’s Truth: On the Origins of Militant Nonviolence. https://psychohistoryforum.com/psychobiography-reading-group-of-the-psychohistory-forum/

3^rd meeting on June 3^rd, 2023: Reading E. Erikson’s Young Man Luther. https://psychohistoryforum.com/psychobiography-reading-group-reading-e-eriksons-young-man-luther-a-study-in-psychoanalysis-and-history/

4^th meeting on August 5^th, 2023: Reading L. Friedman’s Identity’s Architect: A Biography of Erik H. Erikson. https://psychohistoryforum.com/psychobiography-reading-group-of-the-psychohistory-forum-4th-meeting/

5^th meeting on October 14^th, 2023: Reading S. Freud’s Leonardo daVinci and a Memory of His Childhood. https://psychohistoryforum.com/psychobiography-reading-group-of-the-psychohistory-forum-5th-meeting/

6^th meeting on January 13, 2024: Reading “Sigmund Freud” Chapter by Atwood & Stolorow (from their book Faces in a Cloud), and “Freud as Leonardo: Why the First Psychobiography Went Wrong” by Elms. https://psychohistoryforum.com/psychobiography-reading-group-of-the-psychohistory-forum-6th-meeting/

7th meeting on March 30, 2024: Reading Winnicott and about Winnicott: https://psychohistoryforum.com/psychobiography-reading-group-of-the-psychohistory-forum-7th-meeting/

8^th meeting on May 18^th, 2024: Reading “Otto Rank” Chapter by Atwood & Stolorow (from their book Faces in a Cloud). https://psychohistoryforum.com/psychobiography-reading-group-of-the-psychohistory-forum-8th-meeting/

We look forward to deepening our knowledge of this psychohistorical approach together, as we probe the lives of fascinating and important people.

If you are interested in joining this group, even if you cannot attend the meeting on August 3rd, 2024, please fill out the registration form above and/or contact Inna Rozentsvit at inna.rozentsvit@gmail.com or Paul H. Elovitz at cliospsycheeditor@gmail.com.

Best regards,

Inna and Paul

Inna Rozentsvit, MD, PhD, Associate Editor of Clio’s Psyche and Director/Convenor of the Psychohistory Forum; Founder of NeuroRecovery Solutions, Inc.; Founder & Editor-in-Chief & ORI Academic Press, MindConsiliums, and MindMend Publishing; Programs Director @ the Object Relations Institute, NYC.  E-mail: inna.rozentsvit@gmail.com

Paul H. Elovitz, PhD, Historian, Research Psychoanalyst, Online Psychohistory Professor, Psychohistory Forum Director, and Editor, Clio’s Psyche; Author, The Making of Psychohistory: Origins, Controversies, and Pioneering Contributors (Routledge, 2018); Editor, The Many Roads of the Builders of Psychohistory (ORI Academic Press, 2021); Author/Editor of other books. See CliosPsyche.org for additional information.