Joseph Campbell continues exploring C.G. Jung’s idea of the Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious by looking at myth in relationship to Jung’s concept of the Persona system—the aspects of one’s personality that have been shaped by the society. See more...
Joseph Campbell continues exploring C.G. Jung’s idea of the Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious by looking at myth in relationship to Jung’s concept of the Persona system—the aspects of one’s personality that have been shaped by the society. Campbell then looks at the two ways that myths deal with this: The Right-hand Path, staying within the Persona System; and the Left-hand Path, the dangerous, individual path of breaking out of society’s rules and expectations.
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