Jung, Carl Gustav

Jung, Carl Gustav (1875–1961)
A Swiss psychologist and psychoanalyst. For some time Sigmund Freud's heir apparent, he eventually split from Freud in 1913, after disagreeing in particular about the importance of sexuality. His work is considered more spiritual than Freud's, offering analyses of the life-cycle and symbolism, and by comparison remains curiously ignored by sociologists. Good introductions to his work are Anthony Storr, Jung (1986) and Anthony Stevens, On Jung (1990).