Talk:Archetype
From Academic Kids
The link to Shadow from this page goes to the phenomenon of light, not the Jungian concept of Shadow. I hope someone will have the knowledge and energy to correct this.
Very, very easygoing approach to archetypes: for Jung, there are 4 archetypes: Self, Shadow, Animus & Anima. Anyone can check in "Man and his symbols" or in classic books by June Singer and Anthony Storr, as well as on Jung's linx online Mir Harven 22:05, 10 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Problems with "archetype" use
I couldn't quite figure out what two parts of this article were trying to say. The first, which mentions the misuse of "archetype" for "prototype", "stereotype", and "epitome", immediately precedes a list of "examples". It isn't clear whether these are supposed to be prototypes, stereotypes, epitomes, or some combination of the three. Unless it's the last (which I doubt — how are any of these "epitomes"?), this should be clarified.
Second, down at the bottom of the article, there was a line that didn't seem connected to anything:
- Water_ The unconscience of one's mind
I assumed this was a badly-formatted, misspelled attempt to add to the one-item "Archetypes in Cultural Analysis" list, and fixed it up accordingly. However, I'm not at all happy with the result. If someone can figure out exactly what is meant by this, please fix it up. Thanks. — Jeff Q 02:55, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)
More disturbing still is that some of the examples are ones Jung himself elaborated on as being archetypes.
