287 - Richard Rohlin - Universal History: The Symbolism Of Nationalism

The Symbolic World

Jonathan Pageau

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 77 minutes

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In one of our most important Universal History episodes yet, Richard Rohlin takes us through the origin of nationalism, what nations are, what they need to exist, and where they come from. How do these narratives about identity fit into what we have been calling Universal History? And how can we properly participate in the world around us? -AMBORIA KICKSTARTER: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/strangeowlgames/amboria-roleplaying-in-the-world-under-starlight -Support the Patreon for Richard Rohlin's project: https://www.patreon.com/strangeowlgames ------------------------- -Original video: https://youtu.be/XlG3QVlFpWc 💻 Website and blog: http://www.thesymbolicworld.com 🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jonathanpageau 🗣 Join The Symbolic World Community for discussions about symbolism: https://thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe 🔒 BECOME A PATRON Website: https://thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/pageauvideos 📱 SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheSymbolicWorld Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/pageaujonathan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathan.pageau Our website designers: https://www.resonancehq.io/ My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.

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0:00.0	there's got to be a way.
0:02.0	I know you've done videos about this, but I'll just say there's got to be a way to both love your ancestors and also be honest about their sins.
0:08.0	Yeah.
0:09.0	There's got to be a way to do that.
0:11.0	And right now it seems like we can only do one or the other.
0:13.0	That's actually a function of idolatry. Because one of the things that happens is that because we don't have the fractal relationship, because we don't have this hierarchy that leads all the way up to God, we actually expect of these lower rungs to be perfect.
0:28.6	And if they're not perfect, we hate them because they're not perfect.
0:32.5	And so there's a sense in which if things were properly laid out and we don't treat these figures as idols to worship
0:39.6	them or to cast them down, either way, that we see them as just manifestations that are gray
0:45.1	because they're not God, you know, that all these leaders, all these heroes have dark sides,
0:49.7	obviously, there's no way around them. Right, yeah. And we could celebrate their heroism and also recognize their sins.
0:56.7	This is Jonathan Peugeot. Welcome to the symbolic world.
1:11.6	Hello everyone.
1:20.6	I am very excited as usual to be here with Richard Roland for the continuation of our Universal
1:27.8	History series. This time, we're actually going to look at the idea of national epics and
1:33.9	the way in which different nations would tell their own story, how in some ways they tried
1:39.4	to pop out and to have their own particular vision particular vision but then also how that ultimately still
1:46.3	fits into the idea of universal history so i'm excited to go along with this so richard it's good for you to be
1:51.4	here thank you um before we get started i will say more about this at the end uh because it is cleverly
1:57.9	related to our topic today um but uh uh graceful segways abound in this in today's episode.
2:04.8	But I have a Kickstarter going.
2:08.2	It should basically already be live when this video drops.
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