On 7/27/06, Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 7/27/06, Yoshie Furuhashi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Libido is essential, not optional, in politics. What turns them on?
> You have to have a feel for that. Otherwise, you don't get it, even
> if you have all the facts at your disposal.
>
> Fantasy, too, is indispensable. To be sure, it's been either maligned
> or neglected by many in the Marxist tradition, but there have been
> socialists who recognized its role:
> Walter Benjamin, Ernst Bloch, Eduardo Galeano, Jean Genet, José Carlos
> Mariátegui, Oscar Wilde, etc.
>
> Notice that none except Wilde (who was Irish) comes from the
> English-speaking countries. No wonder the Anglo-American Marxists
> have been the weakest link. You look at Marxists in the USA, the UK,
> Canada, and Australia, and you realize . . . there is no sex appeal
> here!
didn't William Morris value libido?
He got the content but he didn't have the style to go with it.
hopefully, libido will be moderated by ego and super-ego, just as
libido moderates them. Hey, maybe we can attain equilibrium!
No, Jim, it's disequilibrium that is sexy! Marxists, in principle,
ought to have an advantage here over the orthodox.
--
Yoshie
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