Marlowe Embree
16 / Culture and Cultural Typology / Research, Theory, and History
Tags: Allen Hammer, Bob Beckel, Cal Thomas, conservative, Democrat, Jean Kummerow, John Giannini, Jonathan Haidt, liberal, libertarian, Marlowe Embree, morality, NF, politics, Republican, SJ, theory of moral foundations, values
September 3, 2013

Since Sensing and Feeling are not typologically opposed preferences, this may suggest that, contrary to what conventional wisdom might dictate, political liberalism and conservativism may not be logical opposites either. This may suggest a means by which the perspectives of the two political orientations can be bridged.
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Individuation (which, within the conceptual framework of the type model, is essentially synonymous with ‘type development’) is usually unpleasant, and a positive outcome is far from guaranteed. So why do so many regard it as the psychic purpose of human existence? Why do we do it? What drives us to it? What has been your experience?
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Byron Almen
16 / Personal Development, Health, and Spirituality
Tags: Anima, archetypal, Byron Almen, complex, David Lynch, extraverted sensing (Se), individuation, INLAND EMPIRE, introverted intuiting (Ni), Self, type community, type development
September 3, 2013

To the degree that the type community has engendered awareness of alternative ways of encountering the world, one another, and oneself, it is engaged in a critically important service. Lest we forget, however, that the process of growth is often perilous, it is occasionally useful to remind ourselves of these perils.
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