Carl Jung on Hitler

In this clip the psychologist Dr. Carl Jung was asked if Hitler was a father figure, Jung reply giving the psychological significance of the figure of Hitler

[humannature]

P.S. Jung is not condoning Hitler, he is just explaining how the Germans perceived him from a subconscious level, also this is everything he said about Hitler in this interview. Jung was talking about archetypes then out of nowhere the interviewer asked this question, and right after this clip they changed the topic.

[scottashe]

Psychology should be taught in public schools. Society suffers an imbalance from a lack of this.

[maxims]

When Jung says it's complicated it's impossible.

[jackwebb]

I'm sure a lot of people are misunderstanding what was said here 😂

[Cybersomnia]

That is the beauty of psychoanalysis. There is no need to talk about the evils or values of a person...merely boiling them down and analyzing them. Their archetypes, their functions, how they have affected other people...what they mean to other people

It isn't about being objective as much as it is taking a completely different stance...one of understanding rather than one of condemnation

You can talk all day about why Hitler was evil, but many don't want to talk about what made him that way...the perfect storm of perception

[actualised.society]

He is not calling hitler a hero in his opinion. He is explaining the archetype that Hitler fell under, hitler tried to be a hero, And the Germans at the time perceived him as one. If you don’t know anything about Jung or his theories, probably best to do abit of reading before getting your panties in a twist.

[jodyglover]

This is a true scientist of the mind. He was just speaking of the perspective of the German people during a desperate time for Germany. You couldn't have convinced them otherwise. They thought he was the answer to their failures. I wonder if this sounds familiar to anyone here? All throughout history desperate people have looked to just another grandiose figure that ends in disaster.

[ordinaryvalley]

Intellectual Integrity was Carl Jungs middle name.

[mh]

"The Greatest Story Never Told"

[Chaos]

What humility for a genuine genius. To say no no I couldn’t possibly, it’s to complicated. And then to speak about the hero figure archetype that he was rather than the monster we all perceive Hitler to be is brilliant. It’s easy to see that he thinks outside the box of normal thinking. Off topic but I am a recovered addict and a huge part of my recovery came from listening to this man and reading books he wrote. The shadow work he suggests is incredible for healing trauma. I do it often, take a real look at my shadow self regularly. But when I first did it I had trouble doing it without guilt and shame and I nearly ended my life because of it. Needles to say I was an IV drug user for a reason, childhood trauma. And I repeated most of that trauma all of my life. I hurt many people in the process and once I came to a place of understanding that I had to change, I had to heal my trauma and stop hurting people I looked to psychology as well as spirituality. So to look at the horrible things that I have done, my god it was difficult to keep moving forward without guilt and shame. I’m being very honest when I say suicide was on my mind more than once during this process. That is why many people do not do the shadow work, it’s to difficult to look inward when you have been not such a good person. But who looks outside dreams and who looks inside awakes. It’s crucial to do the shadow work. Still saving and changing lives even after death. That is a hero. Thank you Mr. Jung.

[SaiVineet]

Hitler was possessed (psychologically) by an ancient German mythic figure known as Wotan. Jung describes this in his essay "Wotan" after having met Hitler. Fun fact: Jung meets Hitler and the next day decides to leave Germany instantly, he sees the possession and is terrified of what will come of this

[AnEruditeWolf]

Probably the most apt description of Adolf Hitler. No moral grandstanding, morality and what he did or didn't do is entirely irrelevant. This is purely about the psychology of the man, and the archetype he was, or perhaps what he was astrologically born into.

[manuelvanloon]

The opinion about time magazine man of the year 1938 is a scale of intelligence

[only_starbrope]

As a psychologist, I can tell you for a fact;
IF JUNG CALLS SOMETHING OR SOMEONE COMPLICATED, THEN NO ONE ELSE CAN UNDERSTAND IT OR THE PERSON.

[sams]

All bad guys even in movies think they’re the hero in their story. The heroes in myths bring upon change to stagnating order. Hero in the sense that Jung is mentioning is not what we typically think of a hero but as an archetype within Jung’s framework.

[sheldoncowan]

This guy was a very good psychiatrist seem to have no apparent biases

[amandatarver]

Jung was such a brilliant human. He was able to experience spiritual concepts and science.

[ByEyvv]

It’s got that voice that you just wanna listen to it all day

[dreamingacacia]

I love when someone talking without bias like this. It's annoying when people shut me off when I tried to speak using different perspective. People tend to only listen to what they wanted to hear.

[darksirens]

I luv Jung, Absolutely Brilliant and Beautiful Soul ❤