Thank you, Dr. Stein, for all you have contributed in your lifetime. I'm a scholar of the Nag Hammadi, but especially the Tripartite Tractate. The same Coptic Jung received as his 51st birthday gift.
Fantastic interview! Thank you Daniel for hosting Dr. Stein. I'm a huge fan of his writing and it's wonderful to hear his story and listen to your conversation with him.
Thank you Amanda. I’m glad you enjoyed our conversation. I’ll be having him back for a follow up in a few months that i hope you’ll find equally as interesting. Which writing of his do you like most?
i’m a little over half way thru this conversation, enjoying it so far. thank you for introducing me to this individual and his unique story the algorithm put this in front of me and i am glad i checked it out 🙏
12:50 Wow this makes no sense. Projection of the shadow is intrinsic to human psychology, yet the decision by the US to fight war against Indochina was debated between US leaders who had different views. JFK wanted to withdraw and was interested in reconciliation with anti colonial movements; those who succeeded him after his assassination (and the assassination of his similarly inclined brother Bobby) were more pro-war. Jung's theory if shadow projection does not account for divisions between elites who have more hawkish or dovish agendas. The question should be more specific to the historical circumstance of why the assassination of JFK was so accepted unquestioningly when it was clearly a conspiracy. Jung would be very fruitful for understanding why propaganda and state manipulation of media succeed in what Chomsky calls "manufacturing consent." Jung's insight into war shouldn't lead us to "oh it's part of the human shadow" which is so broad and universal as to be inconsequential. Jung could be very useful in dismantling state propaganda and media manipulation in critical study of the media, allowing us to see more clearly when state lies are being accepted unquestioningly. The theory of the shadow then becomes more pointed to specific historical problems of imperialism and militarism rather than sweeping insight into human nature, presumably immutable, as a whole. Not "why do people fight war" but "why is our country fighting this war."
