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My "ideology" is that the realm of the human imagination is limited to particular narrative structures which are inexorably repeated in different forms, & the only way to be free is to see these structures, recognize them, & understand their fragmentary nature.
Overall, I believe that the total structure of the human imagination is comedic- this is the premise of Christianity, The Divine Comedy, etc. There are no "new narratives" that are not already contained in the comedic metanarrative structure of human imagination.
There& #39;s no innovation in the human imagination- at least, there has not been for centuries. What there has been is an increasing self-awareness that this is the case. Where I differ from postmoderns is that I do not take this to mean metanarratives are "bunk" in some way.
Rather, every narrative is meaningful so long as it is understood to be a fragment of the metanarrative. There are no "meaningless" stories, there are just stories that emphasize a particular fragment of the meaning of the comedic metanarrative.
The tragedy, for instance, is only an issue when it claims to be the prevailing metanarrative & not an episode w/in the metanarrative. Most ideologies are tragic narratives which then inspire a comedic resolution thru corporeal action, subconsciously fulfilling its fragmentation.
What this means is that life is very far from "meaningless"- it is perhaps almost too meaningful, in that every narrative is an elucidation of a piece of the structure of the total human imagination. There& #39;s no way to be "totally wrong"- only to be "partially correct."
For this reason, I have no particular allegiance to any fragment of the total human imagination- what I have allegiance to is the total structure of human imagination- which can be simply called "Literature" - which is itself a product of Christian scholasticism.
Prior to Christianity, the tragic metanarrative was considered the most elucidary structure- & it was believed that there was no possible "reconciliation" of fragmented narratives, only conflict, & death. Under Christian hermeneutics, EVERYTHING is reconciled comedically.
