There's a strong affinity between myth scholars & reactionary politics: Jung, Eliade, Campbell, Guenon, Peterson. Northrop Frye, who was a moderate social democrat, is the great exception here.
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There were, of course, exceptions to this, particularly scholars who moved further away from traditional canon of western myth:https://twitter.com/wdcfelix/status/997632941294579712 …
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If were really up to speed I'd do a thread on Carl Jung, comparative mythology, Jordan Peterson, fascism, the Indiana Jones movies, ancient astronauts & Jack Kirby's theological-science-fiction cycle (Thor-New Gods-Eternals-Captain Victory). But I need to read more.
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Jack Kirby's fascination with the ancient astronaut theme (running from 1950s till end of life) was linked to his anti-fascism: it was reclaiming mythology from the reactionaries by showing it was not timeless truth but living & transformative storytelling.
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Don't forget Leo Strauss. He was all about training how to weaponize myths
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Why would you call natural theology "discredited" ?
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Clear influence from Tolkien's politics in his writings, both on myth and the myths themselves. Not reactionary, maybe, but definitely conservative, even beyond the obvious
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There's also the idea that Enlightenment philosophers and the primacy of Reason upended these hierarchies, and so we have to go back to earlier, more "authentic" myths to return us to our "true" state.
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