Xenophobia – Carl Jung Perspective

Abstract

Man is a social being, whose behaviour is influenced by nature (biological forces) and nurture (societal forces). The biological forces are the inherited traits from the parental genes that promote transmission of behavioural patterns from one generation to the other while the societal forces instill the social norms, values and belief system into individuals that enable him or her to live and behave in an acceptable and appropriate social pattern.

IFE Psychologia – Special Issue: Xenophobia Vol. 16 (2) 2008: pp. 167-172