Peter Rollins is an author, philosopher, storyteller, producer and public speaker. Peter gained his higher education from Queens University, Belfast where he earned degrees (with distinction) in Scholastic Philosophy (BA Hons), Political Theory and Social Criticism (MA) and Post-Structural thought (PhD). He's the author of numerous books, including Insurrection, The Idolatry of God, and The Divine Magician.

In today’s episode, Peter talks with Makers & Mystics host Stephen Roach about the unexpected relationship between loss and transcendence or what Peter terms as a “fundamental antagonism at the heart of reality.”

Music Provide by: Thousand Dollar Movie

Books mentioned:

What Is Sex - Alenka Zupančič

Capitalism and Desire, Enjoying What You Don’t Have  - Todd McGowan

Embracing the Void Richard Boothby

Philosophers sited:

Emmanuel Levinas

John MacMurray

George Hegel 

Psychoanalysts: 

Jacques Lacan

Sigmund Freud 

Wilfred Bion

Mystics:

Meister Eckhart

Hildegard Von Bingen

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