The Human Body is the Collective Unconscious: Archetypal Images as Innate Embodied Metaphors
Journal of Analytical Psychology May 29, 2024 Erik D. Goodwyn 3 citations
For much of its history, archetype theory suffered from criticisms rooted in unexamined Cartesian assumptions that treat cognition as disembodied—mere manipulation of abstract, meaningless signs copied from verbal instruction or cultural learning. Since the 1980s, findings from multiple independent disciplines have replaced this view with one of embodied cognition. This shift offers important consequences for archetype theory, providing a non-reductive biological anchor that explains many characteristics of the archetypal image.