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Book: Archetypes in Religion and Beyond

Chapter: i. Projection as Evil

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.43671

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The concept of evil can helpfully refine our capacity to identify threats, especially those that are long-term and human in origin. We intuitively recognize the features of projection and absolutization as evil in our recognition of ‘evil’ traits that are strongly left hemisphere traits – such as cruelty, obsession or instrumentality.

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