Abstract
Ancient Greek mythology has a significant place in modern Western culture. Swiss psychoanalyst Carl Gustav Jung believed that myths and mythological archetypes were the expression of people's collective unconscious. He used the archetypes to understand human psychology, as every archetype has strong personality traits that bring light to modern people's lives, because archetypal traits have reached today via collective unconscious. Archetypes are also significant figures contributing to science of communication that aim to analyze discourse, such that all of them have a different manner of discourse that is connected with their unique traits. Starting from this point, one of the most famous woman politician's, Hillary Clinton's, discourses in the 2016 United States presidential debates are analyzed on the purpose of revealing her traits related to ancient Greek goddesses.
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Ancient Greek times were polytheistic, and a point of interest for modern people. Since the writings of Homer and Hesiod which exist today, the Olympus gods and goddesses as archetypes, brings light to modern people’s psychology and their communication habits. Today, Swedish psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung’s works on archetypes, take significant space in the field of psychology. In this chapter to reveal effects of the six Olympus goddess archetypes on modern women’s communication habits, ancient Greek mythology and Jungian perspective are analyzed.
Key Terms in this Chapter
Modern Politics: Political actions in modern times.
Archetypal Psychology: Archetypal psychology analyzes the mythological characters in this respect and focuses on ancient Greek mythology.
Mythology: Designate stories of supernatural beings or heroes set in ancient times and telling of cosmos and society shaping deeds and events.
Anima/Animus: Explaining that it personifies the soul, or inner attitude. It has the characteristics of the opposite sex.
Archetype: Word is derived from the Greek words ‘arche’ meaning ‘first’ and ‘type’ meaning ‘imprint’ or ‘pattern’. The archetypes are like deposits of experiences that have been frequently repeated in the history of human beings.
Archetypal Theory: Theory is traditional and Greek. Archetypal psychology asks: “What is it in the very nature of my disturbance and my affliction that is necessary, self-caused (caused by self?).
Eros/Logos: Eros and logos can be understood as contrasting energies which inform values, beliefs, and actions in both women and men.