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Archetypes: Toward a Jungian Anthropology of Consciousness

Charles D. Laughlin, Vincenza A. Tiberia

Anthropology of Consciousness September 1, 2012 DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-3537.2012.01063.x (opens in new tab)

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Key points Argues that Jung's archetypal psychology is more complex and useful than constructivist accounts acknowledge and aligns with modern neuroscience, offering a corrective to relativist notions of consciousness.

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AbstractIt is very curious that C.G. Jung has had so little influence upon the anthropology of consciousness. In this paper, the reasons for this oversight are given. The archetypal psychology of Jung is summarized and shown to be more complex and useful than extreme constructivist accounts would acknowledge. Jung's thinking about consciousness fits very well with a modern neuroscience view of the psyche and acts as a corrective to relativist notions of consciousness and its relation to the self.

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