Key concept: Complex
Reference publications:
Dictionary definitions:
Kast, V. (2005). Complex (Analytical Psychology). In A. de Mijolla (Ed.), International dictionary of psychoanalysis (pp. 320-321). Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference. Retrieved from https://www.gale.com
Samuels, A., Shorter, B., & Plaut, F. (1986). Complex. In A critical dictionary of Jungian analysis (pp. 33-35). London, England: Routledge.
Sharp, D. (Ed.). (1991). Complex. In Jung lexicon: A primer of terms & concepts. http://www.cgjungpage.org/learn/jung-lexicon#complex
Guidebook:
Hopcke, R. H. (1999). Complex. In A guided tour of the collected works of C. G. Jung (2nd ed., pp. 18-20). Boston, MA: Shambhala.
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Index to the Collected Works:
Forryan, B., & Glover, J. M. (1979). Complex(es) [index term]. In H. Read et al. (Eds.), The collected works of C. G. Jung (Vol. 20). Retrieved from http://www.proquest.com.
Jung on Complexes
To Begin:
Jung, C. G. (1973). Psychoanalysis and association experiments (D. Riviere & L. Stein, Trans.). In H. Read et al. (Eds.), The collected works of C. G. Jung (Vol. 2, pp. 288-317). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1906)
Jung, C. G. (1973). The psychological diagnosis of evidence (D. Riviere & L. Stein, Trans.). In H. Read et al. (Eds.), The collected works of C. G. Jung (Vol. 2, pp. 318-352). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1906)
Jung, C. G. (1973). The psychopathological significance of the association experiment (D. Riviere & L. Stein, Trans.). In H. Read et al. (Eds.), The collected works of C. G. Jung (Vol. 2, pp. 408-425). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1906)
Jung, C. G. (1969). A review of the complex theory (R. F. C. Hull, Trans.). In H. Read et al. (Eds.), The collected works of C. G. Jung (Vol. 8, 2nd ed., pp. 92-104). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1948)
To Go Deeper:
Jung, C. G. (1973). Association, dream, and hysterical symptom (D. Riviere & L. Stein, Trans.). In H. Read et al. (Eds.), The collected works of C. G. Jung (Vol. 2, pp. 353-407). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1906)
Jung, C. G. (1973). The family constellation (D. Riviere & L. Stein, Trans.). In H. Read et al. (Eds.), The collected works of C. G. Jung (Vol. 2, pp. 466-479). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1909)
Jung, C. G. (1969). The psychological foundations of belief in spirits (R. F. C. Hull, Trans.). In H. Read et al. (Eds.), The collected works of C. G. Jung (Vol. 8, 2nd ed., pp. 301-318). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1948)
Related Works:
Jung, C. G. (1969). On the nature of the psyche (R. F. C. Hull, Trans.). In H. Read et al. (Eds.), The collected works of C. G. Jung (Vol. 8, 2nd ed., pp. 159-234). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1954)
Jung, C. G. (1969). On psychic energy (R. F. C. Hull, Trans.). In H. Read et al. (Eds.), The collected works of C. G. Jung (Vol. 8, 2nd ed., pp. 3-66). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1928)
Jung, C. G. (1968). Psychological aspects of the mother archetype (R. F. C. Hull, Trans.). In H. Read et al. (Eds.), The collected works of C. G. Jung (Vol. 9 pt. 1, 2nd ed., pp. 73-110). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1954)
Related resources available from the library:
Cope, T. A. (2006). Fear of Jung: The complex doctrine and emotional science. New York, NY: Karnac.
Jacobi, Jolande. Complex/Archetype/Symbol in the Psychology of C. Jung. Princeton, NY: Princeton University Press, 1959.
Kast, V. (2014). Complexes and imagination. The Journal of Analytical Psychology, 59(5), 680–694. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5922.12113
Meier, C. A. (1992). The theory of complexes. In R. K. Papadopoulos (Ed.), Carl Gustav Jung: Critical assessments: Vol. 2: The structure and dynamics of the psyche (pp. 201-209). New York, NY: Routledge.
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Noll, R. (1992). Multiple Personality, Dissociation, and C. G. Jung's Complex Theory. In R. K. Papadopoulos (Ed.), Carl Gustav Jung: Critical assessments: Vol. 2: The structure and dynamics of the psyche (pp. 210-227). New York, NY: Routledge.
