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Newsletter Nr. 378
Amsterdam, November 11th, 2011


CLASH OF THE ARCHETYPES
The Mummy Meets The Wolfman
DAVID & ANDREA LANE

The primary repression in human beings, according to Ernest Becker, is not sex 
(as Freud would have us believe) but death. Culture, therefore, is what "man 
does with his fear of impending Thanatos." If such is the context of the human 
dilemma, the most significant question that arises is not how we repress 
death, but what is it that we are trying to avoid?

Read more:
http://www.integralworld.net/lane29.html


A RESPONSE TO "CLASH OF THE ARCHETYPES"
JOE CORBETT

David and Andrea Lane's “Clash of the Archetypes” between Thantos (death) and 
Eros (life) is instructive not only on the level of individual experience and 
psychology, but on the collective level of the central conflict of our (and of 
all) times: that between self and society on the one hand, or Thantos, and the 
body (or nature) and culture on the other hand, or Eros. Let me explain.

Read more:
http://www.integralworld.net/corbett6.html


THE UNHOLY MARRIAGE
Of Red, Orange, and Blue Levels of Development in American Culture and Society 
JOE CORBETT

A classic problem in critical social theory is why a large chunk of the 
working class in democratic societies seem to consistently vote against their 
own economic interests, and give their loyalty and support to those who do the 
bidding of the power-elite and wealthy. 

Read more:
http://www.integralworld.net/corbett7.html





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