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archetype4 CONSTRUCTSArchetype (analytical)JUNG · ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGYArchetype (textual)MAAS · TEXTUAL CRITICISMArchetype (comparative)OWEN · COMPARATIVE ANATOMYArchetypeMAAS · CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY

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Analytical psychology

An inherited, universal pattern or image in the collective unconscious

In analytical psychology, an archetype is an inherited, universal pattern or image residing in the collective unconscious. This meaning comes from Jung (1959/2014) in The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious. Here archetype is not the reconstructed lost ancestor of a text's surviving witnesses, nor Owen's idealized body plan of the vertebrate skeleton.[1]

Unit
a pattern/image
Recovery means
analysis of myth, dream, symbol
Measured by
recurrence across cultures

Textual criticism

The lost ancestor from which all surviving witnesses of a text descend

In textual criticism, the archetype is the reconstructed lost ancestor from which all surviving witnesses of a text descend. This meaning comes from Maas (1972) in Textual criticism. Here archetype is not an inherited pattern in the collective unconscious, nor Owen's idealized body plan of the vertebrate skeleton.[2]

Unit
the root of the stemma
Recovery means
convergence of shared errors
Measured by
reconstructable/undefined

Comparative anatomy

Owen's idealized body plan, of which real forms are modifications

In comparative anatomy, Owen's archetype is the idealized, generalized body plan (for example the vertebrate skeleton) of which real forms are modifications. This meaning comes from Owen (1848) in On the archetype and homologies of the vertebrate skeleton. Here archetype is not an inherited pattern in the collective unconscious, nor the lost ancestor of a text's surviving witnesses.[3]

Unit
an ideal body plan
Recovery means
comparison of homologous parts
Measured by
serial homology mapping

Classical philology

the lost common ancestor from which all surviving copies of a text descend.

In classical philology, archetype refers to the lost common ancestor from which all surviving copies of a text descend. This meaning comes from Maas (1927/1958) in Textual criticism.[4]

Unit
Recovery means
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References

  1. Jung, C. G. (2014). The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious. Routledge. (Original work published 1959) https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315725642
  2. Maas, P. (1972). Textual criticism (B. Flower, Trans.). Clarendon Press. ISBN 0198143184
  3. Owen, R. (1848). On the archetype and homologies of the vertebrate skeleton. John Van Voorst. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.118611
  4. Maas, P. (1958). Textual criticism (B. Flower, Trans.). Clarendon Press. (Original work published 1927) ISBN 9780198143185

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