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Vienna, November 30, 1911
IX., Berggasse 19
Dear son,
(Until you object to this form of address.) There are all kinds of annoying things going on in the world that require writing about. Bleuler is intolerable. He wrote to me that he has again resigned from the Association.1 I cursed him out for that, and now I am awaiting further reports from the theater of war.
Jung is sending you the enclosure to this letter and asks you “to react without affect to it and perhaps emphasize the ethically neutral position of Ψα interest with regard to the practical-hygienic efforts.” The paper, as well as your reaction to it,2 are designated for the Jahrbuch and should get back either to Jung or to Deuticke. You should ask Jung himself about that.
The work on totem is a mess. I am reading fat books without any real interest, since I know the conclusions already; my instinct tells me so. But