Adventurers of eschatology

The human reality, in all of its dimensions, personal, social, historical-cultural, is child of difference. This founding difference concerns not only the fact of being born and of growing, it constitutes humanity in its deep being. The weight which we grant to such or such difference, 'right' and 'left' in political matters for instance, or so much other dichotomies which seem to govern our existence, is itself measured by a more fundamental difference. This one, undoubtedly, is founded in two antithetic dimensions which are the 'components' and the 'exponents'. You will find them here behind their archetypal appearance. The 'adventurous of Eschatology' are protagonists of the 'exponents'. The 'builders of the ideal City' are supporters of the 'components'. The first ones are heirs of the prophets of Israel. The second ones, by far more numerous, generally express themselves through the varied forms of 'Utopias'.

There is something like a dialectical tension in the unconscious depths of the Westerner. Between 'builders of the ideal City' and 'adventurers of Eschatology', seeking refuge in a golden age and in an ideal City or going towards a promised land through adventures and ruptures. The 'builders of the Ideal City' dream to establish the reign of man in a terrestrial paradise. The 'adventurers of Eschatology' seek the reign of God in a kingdom to come. On one side, the dream of a return in the maternal womb. On the other side, the epic gest of the Father. The 'builders of the Ideal City' think 'nature' with its laws. The 'adventurers of Eschatology' think 'person' with his freedom.

Such a differential typology returns to a major opposition in the hearth of the anthropological project. Something like a division of the spirits facing the achievement of the human being. From here on a long series of antinomies. Nature or person. Anonymity or proper name. Law or freedom. Cyclic myth or history. Anti-chance or Providence. Structure or event. Organization or decision. Symmetry or urgency. Planning or conversion. Institution or revolution. Association or proselytism. Eugenics or chances of the unforeseen. Birth control or fecundity. Indifference or religious concern. Metaphysical vacuum or angst. Negation of dead or resurrection. Measure or disproportion. Harmony or persecution. Hygiene or chastity. Gnosis or faith. Wisdom or holiness.

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