From the beginning of the “European intrusion” to the present time, the “American experience” has melded the political meanings of “freedom” and “dominion.” We will take up some psychological approaches to this profound and persisting paradox.

Facts are neither favorable nor unfavorable; they are merely interesting. And the most interesting of all is that this childlike, impetuous, “naive” America has probably the most complicated psychology of all nations. —CGJ (1931)

The American unconscious is highly interesting, because it contains more varied elements and has a higher tension… The American unconscious contains an immense number of possibilities. I cannot pretend to have attained a comprehensive view of it…. —CGJ (1949)