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John Beebe

Disciplines:
film
jungian psychology
ethics/integrity
usa/san francisco
jungian psychology/typology

Summary

American Jungian analyst and MBTI/typology scholar who developed an 8-function model of psychological type (extending Jung's typology) and who has written on integrity, film, and character structure — founding member of the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco.

Core Contribution

Extended Jung's typological system into an 8-function archetypal model — assigning archetypal functions (hero, parent, child, trickster, etc.) to the eight cognitive functions — creating the most psychologically complete development of Jungian typology and connecting it to character ethics.

Notable Works & Achievements

Integrity in Depth

Energies and Patterns in Psychological Type

Historical Influences

C.G. Jung Typology tradition

Intellectual Lineage

USA C.G. Jung Institute San Francisco

Contemporaries & Peers

Murray Stein James Hollis

Minds Influenced

MBTI typology communityJungian tradition

Intellectual Posterity

8-function typologyIntegrity and the Four FunctionsBeebe model of type

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