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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Angelo Spoto
07 / Archetypes
Tags: Angelo Spoto, Anima, anthropology, character, differentiation, ego- unconscious, Freud, inferior function, Jung, Levy-Bruhl, morality, myths, participation mystique, persona, polarity, primitive culture, projection, rituals, shadow, unconscious
October 4, 2011

The ego asks why anyone in his or her right mind should actually allow the troublesome aspects of his or her personality to be expressed. Jung’s answer is “for the development of character.” . . . For Jung, the inferior function is thus not just a trouble-maker extraordinaire, it is a moral exigency as well.
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