From Metapsychologie to Realpsychologie: Archetypal Imagery in the Psychologies of C. G. Jung and J. Hillman
From Metapsychologie to Realpsychologie: Archetypal Imagery in the Psychologies of C. G. Jung and J. Hillman

Summary/Abstract: Although the relation between the theories of C. G. Jung and J. Hillman has been thoroughly analyzed, this paper brings a new aspect of their lineage of thought to academic light. By means of the ideas of psychic Image and archetype, it reconstructs their evolution of thought—here presented in the context of Freudian Metapsychologie (with its primary meaning a psychological science replacing metaphysics) and Dilthey’s project of Realpsychologie (a descriptive psychology of dealing with the real activity of the soul). This study focuses on the years 1912–1979, during which period the independent Jungian school was established, and Archetypal Psychology by J. Hillman was formulated. The text is designed to provide both critical and historical account for depth psychology and psychology of Image.

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