On the Development of the Concept of Schizophrenia in the Collected Work of C.G. Jung
analytical psychology; schizophrenia; psychosis; epistemology.
The present work leans over the concept of schizophrenia and how it was developed and elaborated in the course of the Complete Work of C.G. Jung. The idea of schizophrenia was fundamental to the history of psychopathology and the care of psychotics represents a milestone for the emergence of Jung's Analytical Psychology. For this research, the historical-critical method of Jean Piaget's genetic epistemology is used. This method is suitable for the analysis of a concept in a given theoretical body, having as references the context of its emergence and development in a chronological record. The analysis was based on the collection of excerpts that deal with the theme and a subsequent analysis, articulating text and context. Regarding the organization of this research, the discussion will be divided into nine topics of analysis, which will serve as chapters in the body of the dissertation: (1) the notion of pathology for Jung seen from his ideas on psychosis; (2) the transition from the idea of dementia praecox to that of schizophrenia; (3) the problem of the etiology of psychosis in which Jung argues about the hypotheses of psychogenesis and organogenesis; (4) the relationship between the concept of complex and schizophrenia; (5) the relationship between the concept of the collective unconscious and schizophrenia; (6) energetic theories of schizophrenia; (7) the relationship between art and schizophrenia; (8) the specific problem of latent psychosis; (9) and, finally, the specific guidelines that Jung gives to the clinic of psychoses.