I love that you wrote on this. Archetypal stories are deep stories—which means they capture phenomena that describe true aspects of human nature/the human condition (which is psychology).
There isn’t an archetypal story I’ve found more foundational to human flourishing (at the individual and communal levels) than the hero’s journey.
I wrote about this recently regarding Daniel Penny and Luigi Mangione. I’d love to hear what you think of it. With regard to archetypes, our culture has been twisted into knots. The follow on question is how did this come to be?
I see this in a movie like the Joker where a vulnerable narcissist anti-hero ends up actualizing himself by causing chaos - it's inverted - we are in a 4th turning and 5th gen war so weird times
I love that you wrote on this. Archetypal stories are deep stories—which means they capture phenomena that describe true aspects of human nature/the human condition (which is psychology).
There isn’t an archetypal story I’ve found more foundational to human flourishing (at the individual and communal levels) than the hero’s journey.
I wrote about this recently regarding Daniel Penny and Luigi Mangione. I’d love to hear what you think of it. With regard to archetypes, our culture has been twisted into knots. The follow on question is how did this come to be?
I see this in a movie like the Joker where a vulnerable narcissist anti-hero ends up actualizing himself by causing chaos - it's inverted - we are in a 4th turning and 5th gen war so weird times
Yeah, man. It’s important for a culture to have a coherent idea as to what is and isn’t a hero. Weird times indeed!
Forgot to include this:
https://www.cbhuckabee.com/p/hero-worship-in-upside-down-world?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web