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Todd McGowan & Peter Rollins: Hegel & Radical Christianity

Psyche

CHAPTER

Divergence, the Hunt, and Embracing the Abyss

This chapter explores how diversion and the hunt can be seen as ways to avoid the misery of the human condition, using the example of Wylie Coyote and the Roadrunner to illustrate how diversion ultimately leads to dissatisfaction. It also discusses a liturgical structure that invites people to embrace the lack and the abyss as inherent aspects of reality, and the role of music, storytelling, and art in affirming this perspective.

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