Collective unconscious
Origin: Lat. collectīvus, Inconscientǐa
A Jungian psychological theory in which some collective aspects of consciousness such as community history may be imprinted in the individual unconscious mind. Jung wrote: “This collective unconscious does not develop individually but is inherited. It consists of pre-existent forms, the archetypes, which can only become conscious secondarily and which give definite form to certain psychic contents.”
Spanish: Inconsciente colectivo.
Sources and references
- C. G. Jung, The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious (London 1996) p. 43 Macer, Darryl ,“UNESCO Bioethics Dictionary”view
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