Much of the literature on political psychology presents compelling evidence in favor of the notion that people subscribe to either liberal or conservative political ... and anti-egalitarianism. According to Napier et al., in Political Ideology:
Its Structure, Functions, and Elective Affinities, these psychological preferences translate into policy in terms of maintaining the status quo and the tolerance of inequality due to a perception of a hierarchically configured society (309-311). These two fundamental tenets ... attitude endorsement" (809). Whatever the case, though, Eidelman et al. f...

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... (Unconscious). Such images and concepts are known as archetypes and according to Jungian theory are core to understanding the stories shared in myths for they elucidate fundamental aspects of human psychology. In this manner the epic of Gilgamesh lends itself to analyses, particularly when surveying the representation of the anima. According to Jung, the anima refers to the archetypal female ... , Gilgamesh's final acceptance of his mortality and the ineffability of the eternal may be viewed as a reflection of the individual's relationship with the Collective Unconscious. When deconstruc...

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