Submitted by Dave Snowden on Fri, 26/10/2007 - 02:27.
There is a big difference between emergently derived archetypes from stories (grounded, good research base) and an attempt to create some form of universal "archetypes" which I would call steriotypes. The greek name idea is an example of the latter and I would agree with you that it is pop psychology. Patrick in part derived his archetypes emergently (as far as he could given the circumstances). Not perfect but different.
Re: Archetypes Don't Matter!
There is a big difference between emergently derived archetypes from stories (grounded, good research base) and an attempt to create some form of universal "archetypes" which I would call steriotypes. The greek name idea is an example of the latter and I would agree with you that it is pop psychology. Patrick in part derived his archetypes emergently (as far as he could given the circumstances). Not perfect but different.