Some Jungian and Freudian perspectives on the Oedipus myth and beyond

摘要

The author traces some of the differences and similarities between those psychoanalysts and analytical psychologists who met in London to discuss contemporary contemporary attitudes to the oedipal situation. The conference provided an opportunity to consider briefly whether the character- isation of Jung as an apostate was correct or whether this was a consequence of the political need, following the separation of Jung and Freud, to protect protect psychoanalysis from profession- al criticism until it had become sufficiently well-established to be able to tolerate dissenting opinion.