Jung's Wandering Archetype - 9781138888395

Taylor & Francis

Jung's Wandering ArchetypeRace and religion in analytical psychology\nAuthor(s): Carrie B. Dohe\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138888395, 978-1138888395\nSynopsis\nIs the Germanic god Wotan (Odin) really an archaic archetype of the Spirit? Was the Third Reich at first a collective individuation process? After Friedrich Nietzsche heralded the \""death of God,\"" might the divine have been reborn as a collective form of self-redemption on German soil and in the Germanic soul? In Jungs Wandering Archetype Carrie Dohe presents a study of Jungs writings on Germanic psychology from 1912 onwards, exploring the links between his views on religion and race and providing his perspective on the answers to these questions. \n\nDohe demonstrates how Jungs view of Wotan as an archetype of the collective Germanic psyche was created from a combination of an ancient discourse on the Germanic barbarian and modern theories of prim.