Psychological types

Hardbound; xv + 608 pp., including bibliographic references in footnotes, an appendix, a bibliography, and an index. The first edition of CW 6 was published in 1971. Vol. 6 of the Collected Works was the 16th to be published. Except for the appendix, this material was first published in German as "Psychologische Typen" by Rascher Verlag, Zurich, 1921. The first English translation by H.G. Baynes was published under the title "Psychological Types" in 1923 by Kegan Paul, London, and Harcourt, Brace and Co., New York. This first English edition is also among the Library's holdings. Additional information on the publication history of this material is provided in the editorial note and forewords included in CW 6. Notably, the essay "A psychological theory of types" was previously published in English in the book "Modern Man in Search of a Soul" (translated by W.S. Dell and Carey F. Baynes; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., London, 1933), copies of which are among the Library's holdings. Contents: Editorial note Foreword to the first Swiss edition Foreword to the seventh Swiss edition Foreword to the eighth Swiss edition Foreword to the Argentine edition Introduction I. The problem of types in the history of classical and medieval thought 1. Psychology in the classical age 2. The theological disputes of the ancient church 3. The problem of transubstantiation 4. Nominalism and realism a. The problem of universals in antiquity b. The problem of universals in scholasticism c. Abelard's attempt at conciliation 5. The holy communion controversy between Luther and Zwingli II. Schiller's ideas on the type problem 1. Letters on the aesthetic education of man a. The superior and inferior functions b. Concerning the basic instincts 2. A discussion on naïve and sentimental poetry a. The naïve attitude b. The sentimental attitude c. The idealist and the realist III. The Apollinian [sic] and the Dionysian IV. The type problem in human character 1. General remarks on Jordan's types 2. Special description and criticism of Jordan's types a. The introverted woman b. The extraverted woman c. The extraverted man d. The introverted man V. The type problem in poetry: Carl Spitteler: "Prometheus and Epimetheus" 1. Introductory remarks on Spitteler's typology 2. A comparison of Spitteler's with Goethe's Prometheus 3. The significance of the uniting symbol a. The Brahmanic conception of the problem of opposites b. The Brahmanic conception of the uniting symbol c. The uniting symbol as the principle of dynamic regulation d. The uniting symbol in Chinese philosophy 4. The relativity of the symbol a. The worship of woman and the worship of the soul b. The relativity of the God-concept in Meister Eckhart 5. The nature of the uniting symbol in Spitteler VI. The type problem in psychopathology VII. The type problem in aesthetics VIII. The type problem in modern philosophy 1. William James' types 2. The characteristic pairs of opposites in James' types a. Rationalism versus empiricism b. Intellectualism versus sensationalism c. Idealism versus materialism d. Optimism versus pessimism e. Religiousness versus irreligiousness f. Indeterminism versus determinism g. Monism versus pluralism h. Dogmatism versus scepticism 3. General criticism of James' typology IX. The type problem in biography X. General description of the types 1. Introduction 2. The extraverted type a. The general attitude of consciousness b. The attitude of the unconscious e. The peculiarities of the basic psychological functions in the extraverted attitude 3. The introverted type a. The general attitude of consciousness b. The attitude of the unconscious e. The peculiarities of the basic psychological functions in the introverted attitude d. The principal and auxiliary functions XI. Definitions Epilogue Appendix: Four papers on psychological typology 1. A contribution to the study of psychological types (1913) 2. Psychological types (1923) 3. A psychological theory of types (1931) 4. Psychological typology (1936) Table: Correlations of paragraph numbers Bibliography Index