Although C.G. Jung’s interest in normality wavered throughout his career, it
was one of the areas he identified in later life as worthy of further research. He began his
career using a definition of normality which would have been the target of Foucault’s
criticism, had Foucault chosen to review Jung’s work. However, Jung then evolved his
thinking to a standpoint that was more aligned to Foucault’s own. Thereafter, the post
Jungian concept of normality has remained relatively undeveloped by comparison with
psychoanalysis and mainstream psychology. Jung’s disjecta membra on the subject suggest
that, in contemporary analytical psychology, too much focus is placed on the process of
individuation to the neglect of applications that consider collective processes. Also, there is
potential for useful research and development into the nature of conflict between
individuals and societies, and how normal people typically develop in relation to the
spectrum between individuation and collectivity.