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Why Did Straus/Howe Use The Words They Did To Name The Archetypes?
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PROPHET and IDEALIST
REACTIVE  and NOMAD?
CIVIC and HERO?
ADAPTIVE and ARTIST


My immediate reactions are Prophet/Idealist have a "standard" they bring to the rest of us and expect us to follow it.  We normally associate the word "ideal" with "best".  In this case, that is how the Prophet/Idealist is viewing their own message (whatever it is) -- the right way for us to conduct ourselves based on their ethics....... while they, themselves demand others conform to their message, they are exempt from their own message.  They do not have to DO BY EXAMPLE, all that is required of them is to COMMAND BY AUTHORITY.

Good call, authors.

Reactive - to me - is a generation of people WHOLLY subjugated by the devastation left to them by others that came before.  Their lives are reactions to what IS because they have no power or ability to affect any change on anything. 

Civic is a person extremely plugged into change and working with others to solve problems.  A "civic-minded" person is someone actually concerned with the community, what is happening there and what needs to be done. 

Adaptive.... hmmm........ I catch this one from something the authors wrote about Artists are the "bridge" between the Hero and the Nomad (?) I think.  Or are they the bridge between Hero and (new)Prophet?  Whatever, they act in a capacity to help wherever they can... they plug themselves in where they fit.  <-- I'm pretty sure
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RE: Why Did Straus/Howe Use The Words They Did To Name The Archetypes? - by TheNomad - 09-04-2018, 05:28 PM

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