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Archetypal Trials And The Management Of Dissent: Some Insights From Marketing Theory, Pnina Lahav
Archetypal Trials And The Management Of Dissent: Some Insights From Marketing Theory, Pnina Lahav
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Recent marketing theory uses the Jungian concept of the archetype to design strategies for the improvement of product selling. Mark and Pearson propose that archetypes such as the ruler, the hero, the outlaw, and the sage are useful in promoting a product. This article suggests that the concept of archetypes as well as myths such as the Prometheus myth and the myth of the expulsion from Paradise, when combined with the insights offered by Mark and Pearson, may help in understanding the management of trials of dissent as well. The article presents seven motifs that recur in trials of dissent …