...where the Two become the One
I love the integrity and principled approach to ‘Star Wars Theory’s’ content. The one thing I think most people miss is that the underlying worldview and philosophy of George Lucas’s Star Wars was inverted 180 degrees by Disney’s Star Wars after their purchase of the intellectual property, as it went from the Logocentric monomyth (Hero’s Journey), aka the search for meaning and purpose, to a deconstructionist and postmodern approach of […] Read more »
Jordan Peterson responds in full to the Channel 4 interview and its aftermath. He also elaborates on what we think are the five strongest points of his philosophy on “how to be in the world”, namely: The centrality of the archetypal hero’s myth The central role of the Logos during the hero’s narrative Making the right sacrifices when bargaining with the future Orienting yourself towards the highest possible good you […] Read more »
In this video the author’s explore the relationship between mythology and the unconscious, and look at the mono-myth Joseph Campbell called the myth of the hero’s journey. Joseph Campbell was also the mentor of George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars: Read more »