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Carl Gustav Jung and Albert Einstein: An ambivalent relationship
Orsolya Lukács,
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Orsolya Lukács
Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
Correspondence Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex, Colchester, UK.
Email: lukacs.orsolya@gmail.com
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Corresponding Author
Orsolya Lukács
Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
Correspondence Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex, Colchester, UK.
Email: lukacs.orsolya@gmail.com
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Despite Carl Gustav Jung's acknowledgment of Albert Einstein's influence on his thinking, and despite the significant number of studies about Jung's interest in physics—and his collaboration with the theoretical physicist Wolfgang Pauli—so far there has been no thorough investigation into the connection between Jung and Einstein. This paper fills the void by reconstructing the circumstances of the meetings between the two men; by analysing the dynamics and importance of their relationship and by offering insights into the reasons why the connection did not last. The reconstruction of the narrative of this connection serves as a good foundation for future research into Einstein's intellectual influence on Jung.
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