Do primitivo a identidade inconsciente: uma revisão da teoria analítica a partir do encontro de Jung com a antropologia de Lévy-Bruhl

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the importance that Lucien Lévy-Bruhl's Anthropology had on Carl Gustav Jung, analyzing above all to what extent the French anthropologist's theory was present in the construction of Analytical Psychology. To this end, we will explore the concept of primitive and, precisely, the golden moment of the beginning of the construction of the concept of Collective Unconscious, dating the period from 1910 when the Swiss psychologist dedicated himself to understanding mythical themes and the study for primitive peoples. Our working hypothesis was based on the fact that Lévy-Bruhl's theory regarding Collective Representation and Mystical Participation provided Jung with the insight for a new proposal regarding the Collective Unconscious and Arquetype. Taking the French anthropologist's formulations about an Essential Identity, Jung appropriated Lévy-Bruhl's concepts and began to use them as indispensable parts of his own theory. Thus leading to the emergence of the concept of Unconscious Identity, helping to formulate a general theory for psychological development. Analytical Psychology since then found itself conceptually linked to the proposal of postulating a Primitive Mentality as part of its theory of psychic development, making the concepts of the French anthropologist structuring parts of its own theory.