In 1989, Jungian analysts gathered at a conference in New York and in
workshops at the International Association for Analytical Psychology
conference in Paris to address the rumors of C. G. Jung's anti-Semitism.
The papers for these events were originally published as Lingering
Shadows: Jungians, Freudians, and Anti-Semitism. This revised and
updated edition of that seminal publication examines both the historical
merits of the rumors and the psychological implications of continued
interest in this question. This work is a poignant and revealing look at
how the Jungian community has reconciled the dichotomy of
Jung-the-genius with Jung-the-person-living-in-the-society-of-his-time.
Included are new material by Joan Dulles Buresch-Talley, Sanford L.
Drob, J. Marvin Spiegelman, Jerome Bernstein, Jane Reid, Jay Sherry,
plus an updated chronology and bibliographic essay. Other contributors
in this anthology include: Geoffrey Cocks, Werner Engel, Micha Neumann,
Paul Roazen, Marga Speicher, and Ann Belford Ulanov.
While applying for a postdoctoral grant to study at the C. G. Jung
Institute in Switzerland, Aryeh Maidenbaum was unexpectedly confronted
with rumors of Jung's anti-Semitism. Though he managed to swiftly rebut
the accusations, he became increasingly uncomfortable with his ignorance
on the topic. Today, Maidenbaum is known not only for his research and
knowledge of the subject, but also for bringing the question to the
forefront of the Jungian community.
