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Plagues, disasters and heroes

Why turn to a hero, not a god? Joseph Campbell has said a hero scores over a god when it comes to resolving the problems of the here and now because "a hero's sphere of action is not the transcendent"

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According to Joseph Campbell, a hero is someone who has given his life to something bigger than oneself. "Our true reality is our identity and unity with all life," he said in The Power of Myth.

Arundhuti Dasgupta
As the world keels over to a virus that seems to be as indefatigable as the monsters of the past, a universal hunt for the heroic spirit has begun. Be it among those at the frontlines of the battle — doctors, sanitation workers and caregivers — or within our everyday routines and encounters. The hero is being called upon today, much like he was in the ancient world, to see humanity through a crisis of Biblical proportions.

Why turn to a hero, not a god? Joseph Campbell has said a hero scores over a god when it comes to resolving the