The Psychological Odyssey of 1909: Carl Gustav Jung's Pivotal Encounter with Sigmund Freud during their Journey to America

Authors

William E. Herman
Axel Fair-Schulz

Keywords

Switzerland, Swiss history, European history

Abstract

M any volumes in the scholarly literature explore the complex evolution of the relationship between Carl Gustav Jung and Sigmund Freud as well as the eventual split between these two influential contributors to psychoanalytic thought and more generally to the field of psychology and other academic fields/professions. The events that transpired during the seven-week journey from Europe to America and back in the autumn of 1909 would serve as a catalyst to not only re-direct the lives of Jung and Freud along different paths , but also re-shape the roadmap of psychoanalytic thinking, clinical applications, and psychology. The 1909 visit was instrumental in further strengthening psychoanalytic thought in America , while simultaneously loosening the lynch-pins holding together Jung and Freud's increasingly fragile relationship.

Recommended Citation

Herman, William E. and Fair-Schulz, Axel (2018) "The Psychological Odyssey of 1909: Carl Gustav Jung's Pivotal Encounter with Sigmund Freud during their Journey to America," Swiss American Historical Society Review: Vol. 54: No. 2, Article 4.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_review/vol54/iss2/4