The Work of C. G. Jung (1875-1961), and the Thought of Walter J. Ong (1912-2003)

Abstract

In my 13,976-word review essay "The Work of C. G. Jung (1875-1961), and the Thought of Walter J. Ong (1912-2003)," I select certain highlights from Jung's work and from Ong's thought to discuss in connection with heterosexual porn on the internet and in DVDs, especially mom-son fantasy porn skit. I align Jung's contrast of fantasy thinking involving images and associative thinking versus directed thinking involving logic with Ong's contrast of orally based thought and expression, on the one hand, and, on the other, phonetic alphabetic literacy. In addition, I align the historical emergence of heterosexual porn on the internet and in DVDs with the emergence of what Ong refers to as our contemporary secondary oral culture in our Western cultural history. I also point out that the fantasy skits in mom-son porn evoke images and archetypal contents in the psyches of the boys and men of all ages who enjoy watching them.