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Świadomość ponowoczesna i archetyp zmiennokształtnego
Postmodern consciousness and the archetype of Shapeshifter

Author(s): Tomasz Olchanowski
Subject(s): Philosophy, Social Sciences, Psychology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: shapeshifter; dichotomy of health and illness; psyche; psychopathology; dichotomy of perfection and imperfection; archetype; idea; sophistry

Summary/Abstract: The archetype of Shapeshifter is expressed by variability and readiness to change, instability and fluidity, permanent transformation and self-improvement (of body and of nature, of mind and of spiritual realm). For this reason, it is worthwhile to look at the Shapeshifter as the patron of postmodernity. The article looks at postmodern culture through the prism of views of James Hillman and the school of archetypal psychology.

  • Issue Year: 2/2017
  • Issue No: XXIX
  • Page Range: 187-211
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Polish