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# Gothic Realism: Right Hemispheric?
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/untitled-61/
- Published: 2023-10-29T04:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-10-29T12:17:28.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: The Hemisphere Hypothesis, Briefly

The macabre might, in part, be a rejection of the Enlightenment and yet another route to re-energize the right hemisphere and its embrace of the trans-rational, much as the occult is a rejection of rationalism and its left hemispheric overlord. 

> The Gothic genre is particularly suited to depicting these elements. This genre emerged as a knee-jerk reaction to the Enlightenment, expressing a desire for something beyond that which is observable and scientifically quantifiable. 

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