Abstract
Following humans' struggles to achieve a better under¬standing of the self throughout major historical periods, the idea of the quest for a whole self is once more rekindled in the anxiety-laden atmosphere of the twentieth century. However, unlike the previous approaches, the twentieth century reflection of the notion of the quest for self-realization is paradoxically revealed in a new model of struggle which inclines more toward spiritual search. This inward struggle manifests itself through connecting the ego to the unconscious world, in line with the theories of Freud and Jung. The similarity which exists between Jung's psychic state and the Sufis' mystical world defined by Ibn e Arabi, makes it possible to reconsider the seemingly nihilist readings of the quest for self-realization of the twentieth century absurd thoughts in a positive way
Highlights
Following the modern Spiritualist movement blooming in the nineteenth century, the new model of struggle for self-realization inclines more toward spiritual quest through connecting the ego to the unconscious world, in line with the theories of Freud and Jung
Considering the antithesis of possessing authentic and inauthentic Dasein as „oneness‟ and „theyness‟, Heidegger hypothesizes that the state of „falling-away‟ or “a cadence into decline” (Verfall) is a positive state where the individual feels the necessity to ascend to the authentic Being: Dasein has, in the first instance, fallen away [abgefallen] from itself as an authentic potentiality for Being in its self, and has fallen into the world. „Fallenness‟ into the world means an absorption in being withone-another, in so far as the latter is guided by idle talk, curiosity, and ambiguity
While the twentieth-century definition of the Self provided by Jung reflects Nietzsche‟s idea of the „Ubermensch‟ and the quest for wholeness, Jung‟s approach inclines more towards the spiritual side of dissolution, focusing on the transmutation of the ego to the world of unconscious
Summary
Following the modern Spiritualist movement blooming in the nineteenth century, the new model of struggle for self-realization inclines more toward spiritual quest through connecting the ego to the unconscious world, in line with the theories of Freud and Jung. While the twentieth-century definition of the Self provided by Jung reflects Nietzsche‟s idea of the „Ubermensch‟ and the quest for wholeness, Jung‟s approach inclines more towards the spiritual side of dissolution, focusing on the transmutation of the ego to the world of unconscious.
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