Feb 17, 2022 - Sale 2595

Sale 2595 - Lot 64

Price Realized: $ 5,460
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Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
"THE NEUROTIC PROBLEM CANNOT BE SOLVED THROUGH REDUCTION TO SEXUALITY" JUNG, CARL GUSTAV. Autograph Letter Signed, "Dr. Jung," to French-American psychoanalyst André Tridon, in English, in ink and pencil, giving page numbers [in pencil] in Collected Papers where one can read his critique of the viewpoint held by Freud and Adler, remarking that he is finishing a work on types of attitude [Psychological Types (1921)], explaining that his critique applies to much of the work done in America and Europe, and noting that his own theory has been adopted by [Herbert] Silberer. 1 1/2 pages, 8vo, "Dr. med. C.G. Jung LL.D" stationery, written on recto and verso of a single sheet, few tiny scattered holes repaired with tissue (minor loss to text), horizontal folds, encapsuled (but removable). With the address panel from the original envelope. Küsnacht, 5 September 1919

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"You [can] find my views concerning Freud's and Adler's School expressed in my Collected Papers . . . .
"I am about to finish a book about the problem of attitude and the types of attitude. . . .
"I consider the work actually done in America as well as in Europe along the lines mentioned above, as based upon too narrow an hypothesis. The neurotic problem cannot be solved through reduction to sexuality. It only suits a certain kind of mentality. It is a striking argument against the Sex-hypothesis, that Freud's first pupil, Adler had to invent an absolutely different theory, that suits many people much better than Freud's view, as the effect shows.
"I try to reconcile the contradictory views through a theory of attitude and a different appreciation of symbolism. The latter viewpoint has been taken up by Silberer too, as you know."