ABSTRACT
Freud may have challenged our conception of consciousness but he elevated the centre of consciousness, the ego, to the highest position. Jung, as we saw, was concerned not to overestimate the importance of the ego, seeing it as arising out of, and subordinate to, the self. Jung’s use of the word self is different from everyday usage and from psychoanalytic uses; in addition the term has an inclusive quality. I have tried to pick out the main themes.
