Over the years I have often wondered why Jung rarely if ever wrote about Dostoevsky. How could one of the most preeminent psychological thinkers of the 20th Century fail to have recognized the greatest psychological thinker of the 19th Century. Freud was certainly aware of him. Did Jung either consciously or unconsciously elect to omit the mention of Dostoevsky in his writings.
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I don't have a definitive answer to this question. I do have some observations to make however. Dostoevsky was impassioned by his faith. He was a forceful and blind believer with an almost unparalleled psychological acuity. On the other hand, Jung's genius was in good part deployed on an individual and most definitely rationally based quest to recreate a connection to his inner being. Inner being being faith the Godhead the Unconscious the Self Religion or whatever. Either consciously or unconsciously Jung may have viewed Dostoevsky as being a fanatical alien whose approach to the psyche did not fit into the modern rational world. If so he may have failed to acknowledge or account for Eastern Christendoms inevitable contribution to the Great Crystal Palace Western Christendom has created. Building the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth however wondrous it may be is an act of futility until it is contextualized with the Kingdom of Heaven within us...
