ABSTRACT
A frame of reference is needed that allows Jung’s theory to be evaluated in a manner appropriate to its character. In the preceding chapter, I traced the appraisal of Jung’s theory through twentieth-century textbooks on personality showing the lack of consensus, with some authors appreciating the qualities that others deplored. This chapter critically suggests a possible basis for a twenty-fi rst-century evaluation of Jung as a personality theorist. The chapter has three sections, covering the historical background in which criteria for evaluating personality theory developed, Jung’s own criteria, and the criteria I propose.
