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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'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'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.
I hope this has made some sort of sense- but it's what I have come to believe after wandering the deserts of idolatry for many years in my youth, looking for the metanarrative which could reconcile the total human imagination's fragmentary tragedies.
