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2006
Abstract. Throughout the present work, we have studied the function of the concepts of
history and culture in the C. G. Jungs theory. The issue of historical and cultural dimension
of the psychological subject appears in a non-systematic fashion in Jungians thought. It
implies a formulation wherein the subject is historically constituted, and therefore moulded
through a dialectical relation with a symbolic universe marked by historic and cultural
characteristics. The uniqueness of such approach uncovers issues that are still obscure and
over which Jung did not work. The article also demonstrates how it is possible, from that
point of view, to criticize culture in the Jungian way.
Key words: Analytical Psychology, C. G. Jung, History, Culture, Interpretation.