Disciples of a New Faith: Reading Cormac McCarthy’s ‘Blood Meridian’ in Light of René Guénon
‘Blood Meridian’ as a depiction of René Guénon's “Reign of Quantity,” the pathological worship of Reason, and a demonically inverted counter-Tradition.
Petra Mundik is a research assistant at Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia. She has published articles, chapters, essays, and papers on Cormac McCarthy and is at work on a second book dealing with his early novels.
‘Blood Meridian’ as a depiction of René Guénon's “Reign of Quantity,” the pathological worship of Reason, and a demonically inverted counter-Tradition.