«Man cannot stand a meaningless life» – Carl Jung (1959)
Man cannot stand a meaningless life – a conversation with Carl Jung at 84 Filmed for the BBC series « Face to Face » in 1959 , this archival interview features Carl Jung surveying his life and extraordinarily influential career at the age of 84 , just two years before his death. In conversation with the UK presenter John Freeman at his home near Zurich, Switzerland, he answers a range of questions about his humble upbringing, his contentious relationship with Freud , his fervent beliefs in God and the collective unconscious, and his thoughts on death and the future of humanity . Jung’s answers are often quite candid and at times casually poetic, making for a riveting intimate encounter with one of the most important thinkers in the history of psychology.