ABSTRACT

This chapter explores four approaches to teaching C. G. Jung that demonstrates the range of possible approaches to the academic challenge. Jung’s psychology is a science of the relations between the human person and the God Within. The establishment of an International Association for Jungian Studies, which specifically focuses on the teaching of Jung in university and college contexts, will do much to provide a forum for valuable discussion and critical reflection on teaching styles, and the meaning and purpose of Jung in the university. These four approaches cannot be pinned down to particular personalities in the world, but rather represent leanings or biases in the teaching of Jung. The first approach seeks to conform, the second to reform, the third strives to transform, and the fourth seeks to inform. It is sometimes the case that the one academic will experience elements of all four styles and approaches.