Step 81: Kant and the Rise of Subjective Realism
Exploring Kant’s influence on subjective relativism Ryder considers the shift from empirical reality to individual autonomy.
Step 80: Transcendent Escapism
Using abstractions, like truth and catastrophe fantasies, we bypass reality with dangerous universal rules that validate our desires.
Step 79: Skipping Reality
When ideology, on one side, and the simulacra on the other don’t have the net of reality, the game is over.
Step 77: Perspective Framing
Considering a deconstructionist background we look at “perspective framing” of therapy, buddhism, and christianity to address the problem of locating the desiring self.
Step 76: Concrete Universal
The concept of concrete universalism is exemplified through “garbage,” where a specific object represents a broader category, like art.
Step 75: Holy to Holy S***
Christianity has a gap, requiring Christ to mediate between man and God. Our relation is through filth and pain.
Step 74: Symbolic Victory
Symbols can unite us, but when symbols trump reality the reversal dismantles order.
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