Thanks to the very unassuming moderation of Mr. Schieffer, the Monday presidential debate was civilized and pleasant. How boring. Who won? Let’s look in the catacombs of C.G. Jung’s collective unconscious. As debates has become more ritualized over the decades, journalists (particular from CNN) have begun to sound like art or sport critics. Contests are analyzed on aesthetic or numerical … Continue reading
Category Archives: Archetypes
Shadows of the Presidential debate 2012 part II : What is truth and does it matter?
What is truth and does it matter? To a survey question – “Is there absolute Truth?” – sixty-six percent of American adults responded that they believe that “there is no such thing as absolute truth; different people can define truth in conflicting ways and still be correct.” Seventy-two percent of those aged 18 to 25 … Continue reading
Archetypes of the presidential debate 2012 part I
This US presidential election is a (no-) choice between two similar masks for the future of America: One for mirage of an European pipe dream state run by the Great Mother Archetype (like cruel Kali). But Obama actually backed off March 2009 when he had some power over the banks and did not touch Wall Street ever … Continue reading
C.G Jung Wittgenstein and Plato – Introvert and iNtuition
Based on Carl G. Jung’s typology [Jung, 1921], people can be classified using four mental functions sensing, intuition, thinking and feeling together with the attitude (extraversion-introversion). Jung was fond of saying that personality types often change throughout ones life. So an answer to your question will be more or less inaccurate, depending upon which part of his life is under consideration. … Continue reading
Metaphysics and C.G. Jung in a post-metaphysic world
In Europe we live in a post-metaphysic world. »There is no alternative to post-metaphysical thinking.« This statement, made by Jürgen Habermas in his 1988 collection of essays, Post-Metaphysical Thinking, sounds very much like “There is no alternative to the Euro-Zone”. Jürgen Habermas continues to develop his philosophical ideas with the shift in perspective from metaphysical worldviews … Continue reading
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