Carl Jung’s relationship with Sabina Spielrein: a reassessment

J. Launer

DOI:10.1080/19409052.2015.1050597

Corpus ID: 170367701

Carl Jung’s relationship with Sabina Spielrein: a reassessment

@article{Launer2015CarlJR,
  title={Carl Jung’s relationship with Sabina Spielrein: a reassessment},
  author={J. Launer},
  journal={International Journal of Jungian Studies},
  year={2015},
  volume={7},
  pages={179-193}
}

J. Launer

Published 2015

Philosophy

International Journal of Jungian Studies

The aim of this article is to give an accurate account of the relationship between Sabina Spielrein and Carl Gustav Jung, based on a close reading of the available documentary evidence. I challenge many of the commonly held assumptions about their relationship. These include the belief that Spielrein was Jung’s first analytic patient, that they had a long and mutually passionate affair, and that Spielrein was the inspiration behind Jung’s conception of the ‘anima’. I argue that there is little… CONTINUE READING

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