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I really liked this book. Give me some recommendations based on this

>> No.11866571

the old testament

>> No.11866578

People need to stop treating Joseph Campbell like an unquestionable authority. His entire project was basically just a justification for the worst forms of capitalist exploitation in the 70s and 80s.
>dude just follow your bliss lmao
What a fucking joke, he doesn't even have any qualifications to make his system of thought seem legitimate, but a bunch of morons after him (including every hack YA writer and Jordan B. Peterson) use his work as a foundation for their own nonsense. Fuck Joseph Campbell.

>> No.11866988

>>11866578
He later recanted on that comment and wish he had said something like "follow your blisters" instead, because he realised just how much it could be misinterpreted by new agey hedonism.

>> No.11867021

>>11866988
That one comment is the essence of his entire ethical position, though

>> No.11867043

>>11866578
>BEING SUCH A BRAINLETCU CK
LMAO

>> No.11867085

>>11866578
>His entire project was basically just a justification for the worst forms of capitalist exploitation in the 70s and 80s.
But how?

>> No.11867306

>>11866136
Finnegans Wake

>> No.11867514

>>11866578
Cool
>>11866571
Read it, was a huge fan, the story of Moses really works well as a romance :^)
>>11867306
I’ll check it out, thanks anon

>> No.11867534

>>11866571
fpbp

>>11866136
continue on with the Masks of God, if you've already read the Old Testament (you have, right?)

then read Jung's Answer to Job.

>>11866578
that was capitalism's doing, not Campbell's. dummy.

>> No.11867553

>>11867085
he's mistaken. campbell's work was not a "justification for" all the shitty movies that used his ideas as a guide for storytelling. campbell's work was made for the sake of man's soul, not george lucas bank account.

there is no how.

>> No.11867608

>>11867553
Nobody said anything about George Lucas. I was referring to stuff like the Iran-Comtra scandal. Oliver North was a student of Campbell.

>> No.11867615

>>11867608
>campbell wrote his work as justification for oliver north
still doesn't make sense brainlet

>> No.11867646

>>11867615
Stop misinterpreting my words. North used Campbell as justification.

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>>11867646
citation needed

>> No.11867688

>>11867534
I have yes. I’ll definitely check both of these out, thanks anon!

>> No.11867695

>>11867665
I’m not going to spoon feed you. Everyone should know about Iran-Contra.

>> No.11867703

>>11867695
>makes claim
>refuses to support claim
>wins argument
so this is the power of being brainless

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>>11866136
Levi Strauss, Georges Dumezil, Roberto Calasso

http://historiaocharkeologi.com/kanada/myth_and_meaning.pdf