Despite their prevalence and weight in many of his collected works and letters, Jung did not articulate a general theory of the ego and consciousness. "Towards a Jungian Theory of the Ego" examines the development of Jung s concept of the ego as he expanded and revised this concept, from his earliest formulations about consciousness while a student, to his mature thoughts at the end of his life.
Drawing on Ego Psychology as a theoretical framework, Evers-Fahey proposes that Jung uses the concept of ego in four distinct ways and that he developed and used his ego concept based on two...
Despite their prevalence and weight in many of his collected works and letters, Jung did not articulate a general theory of the ego and consciousne...