ABSTRACT
The term "cultural complex" arises from two different aspects of Jung's psychology. With the goal of elaborating the concept of cultural complexes by applying it to the specific "case history" of Jung and Freud and their followers, the author focuses on the relationship between these psychological pioneers and the groups that developed around them as seen from the perspective of cultural complexes. First, there are the underlying "cultural complexes" that Jung and Freud each separately brought to their intensely creative and destructive relationship. Second, there are the "cultural complexes" among the Freudian and Jungian groups that were actually generated by Freud and Jung's coming together and falling out. The chapter addresses both of these separate but interrelated categories of cultural complexes. These "cultural complexes" of the Jung–Freud traditions that we carry within ourselves and our groups help define our professional identities and how we interact with our professional world – for better or worse.
