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1、Part10ManandHisFutureThroughouthislonglife,Jungcommentedonthestateofsocietyaswellaspursuinghisinvestigationsintothepsychologyoftheunconscious.Alatework,publishedin1957,onceagainaffirmsJung’sbeliefintheimportanceoftheindividual,andsuggeststhatindividualself-knowledgeandthecapacityforh
2、umanrelationshipswhichthisbringsistheonlypowerstrongenoughtoresistthecollectivedominanceoftheState.“TheUndiscoveredSelf”seemsanappropriateessaywithwhichtoendthisselectionfromtheworksofC.G.Jung.“TheUndiscoveredSelf(PresentandFuture)”CW10,pars.488—5881.THEPLIGHTOFTHEINDIVIDUALINMODERNS
3、OCIETYWhatwillthefuturebring?Fromtimeimmemorialthisquestionhasoccupiedmen’sminds,thoughnotalwaystothesamedegree.Historically,itischieflyintimesofphysical,political,economic,andspiritualdistressthatmen’seyesturnwithanxioushopetothefuture,andwhenanticipations,utopias,andapocalypticvisi
4、onsmultiply.Onethinks,forinstance,ofthechiliasticexpectationsoftheAugustanageatthebeginningoftheChristianera,orofthespiritualchangesintheWestwhichaccompaniedtheendofthefirstmillennium.Today,astheendofthesecondmillenniumdrawsnear,weareagainlivinginanagefilledwithapocalypticimagesofuni
5、versaldestruction.Whatisthesignificanceofthatsplit,symbolizedbythe“IronCurtain,”whichdivideshumanityintotwohalves?Whatwillbecomeofourcivilization,andofmanhimself,ifthehydrogenbombsbegintogooff,orifthespiritualandmoraldarknessofStateabsolutismshouldspreadoverEurope?Wehavenoreasontotak
6、ethisthreatlightly.EverywhereintheWesttherearesubversiveminoritieswho,shelteredbyourhumanitarianismandoursenseofjustice,holdtheincendiarytorchesready,withnothingtostopthespreadoftheirideasexceptthecriticalreasonofasingle,fairlyintelligent,mentallystablestratumofthepopulation.Oneshoul
7、dnotoverestimatethethicknessofthisstratum.Itvariesfromcountrytocountryinaccordancewithnationaltemperament.Also,itisregionallydependentonpubliceducationandissubjecttotheinfluenceofacutelydisturbingfactorsofapoliticalandeconomicnature.Takingplebiscitesasacriterion,onecouldonanoptimisti
8、cestimateput