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Nice point. When X speaks for native community Y, does it matter if X is a young radical or a tribal elder? A man, a woman, a member of this or…"
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Alexander Lee commented on John McCreery's blog post Amazing, Inspiring, Challenging to Think About"@John I may be cutting corners but brand new business plans are risky because they haven't been tested. I am not sure that everyone can or should try new things. We do need ppl to do what has been tried, at least to guarantee that things…"
Alexander Lee commented on Eugene L. Mendonsa's blog post How and why did inequality arise in history?"I would have assumed that inequality has always been a part of social hierarchies including ones we might find in the animal kingdom. Are you suggesting that there weren't alpha- personalities in paleolithic societies? Perhaps I…"
Alexander Lee commented on Eugene L. Mendonsa's blog post NEO-FASCISM IN AMERICA"One of the 'hidden' horrors of democracy is fascism. I think it's also important to point out that what's intrinsically oppressive about fascism is that it promotes the power of the state to structure the…"
Alexander Lee commented on Alexander Lee's blog post from Social to Universal, what comes after a Monetized Economy?"Speaking from the people I know, there are many intelligent individuals who see the problem but prefer to drink and party themselves silly instead of doing anything about anything. Productivity is for chumps. I don't know anyone who…"
Alexander Lee commented on Alexander Lee's blog post Rage in the Age of Mechanical Twinkies"Thanks, I'll check him out."
Alexander Lee commented on John McCreery's blog post Amazing, Inspiring, Challenging to Think About"Hm, as a comment Keith, I think that self reliance is in some part, an illusion. The American self-reliance doesn't exist -- Anthropologists know that. We are as useless as our high tech cell phones -- if you take us out of our…"
Alexander Lee commented on Alexander Lee's blog post the violence of subjectivity complements our lack of negativity"You know, in the English Dept there is much contempt for Hegel. I am sure most of the professors who scoff at his name have probably not read too much of Hegel. Even with Zizek's enthusiasm, it took more than quite a few of his…"
John McCreery commented on Alexander Lee's blog post the violence of subjectivity complements our lack of negativity"Alexander, methinks my education was warped by a joke cracked by Hal Walsh, one of my philosophy profs at Michigan State. He liked to assert that Hegel was the first philosopher who was both married and a university professor—and, he said, the…"
Alexander Lee's blog post was featuredthe violence of subjectivity complements our lack of negativity
There is an inherent violence in being a subject.AS what Slavoj Zizek calls the universal exception, our subjectivity each is an exception of the unbreakable rule of the universal.This subjectivity must be "non-all" an untotalized whole which prevents the universal from foreclosing.Part of why I think so much continental philosophy goes on and on about subjectivity and cannot bridge the gap between subjectivity and society remains in this gap between the "non-all" and the universal.A great part…See More
John McCreery commented on Alexander Lee's blog post from Social to Universal, what comes after a Monetized Economy?"Is it that people don't care? Could it be that they are preoccupied—declines in participation in academically oriented lists as the end of term approaches are entirely predictable? Could it be that this is not the time or place? In my…"
Alexander Lee posted a blog postthe violence of subjectivity complements our lack of negativity
There is an inherent violence in being a subject.AS what Slavoj Zizek calls the universal exception, our subjectivity each is an exception of the unbreakable rule of the universal.This subjectivity must be "non-all" an untotalized whole which prevents the universal from foreclosing.Part of why I think so much continental philosophy goes on and on about subjectivity and cannot bridge the gap between subjectivity and society remains in this gap between the "non-all" and the universal.A great part…See More
Alexander Lee commented on Alexander Lee's blog post from Social to Universal, what comes after a Monetized Economy?"Many of the issues we should be paying attention to and being upset about no one seems to care.
For instance, we're losing our savings through inflation. The government still subsidizes oil companies. Things like that."
Alexander Lee commented on Alexander Lee's blog post from Social to Universal, what comes after a Monetized Economy?"Ive heard of him but not read anything he wrote. I liked a youtube video he had a few years ago about what good sci-fi writing is which actually borders on what we might conceive of as good design.
I don't think our economy will…"
John McCreery commented on Alexander Lee's blog post from Social to Universal, what comes after a Monetized Economy?"Alexander, are you aware of the work of science-fiction author, designer and futurologist Bruce Sterling? As I read what you have written here, I am reminded of
Distraction (1998)
Campbell Award nominee, 1999[9]; Hugo Award nominee, 1999[9]; Locus…"
Alexander Lee's blog post was featuredfrom Social to Universal, what comes after a Monetized Economy?
Cross posted: limits of a monetized economyI've written about the failure of our economic models to account for our happiness and welfare in the work place. I want to go into a little more detail about what an alternative view for our society might look like post-money, but…See More
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the violence of subjectivity complements our lack of negativity
There is an inherent violence in being a subject.
AS what Slavoj Zizek calls the universal exception, our subjectivity each is an exception of the unbreakable rule of the universal.
This subjectivity must be "non-all" an untotalized whole which prevents the universal from foreclosing.
Part of why I think so much continental philosophy goes on and on about subjectivity and cannot bridge the gap between subjectivity and society remains in this gap between the… Continue
AS what Slavoj Zizek calls the universal exception, our subjectivity each is an exception of the unbreakable rule of the universal.
This subjectivity must be "non-all" an untotalized whole which prevents the universal from foreclosing.
Part of why I think so much continental philosophy goes on and on about subjectivity and cannot bridge the gap between subjectivity and society remains in this gap between the… Continue
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments
from Social to Universal, what comes after a Monetized Economy?
Cross posted: limits of a monetized economy
I've written about the failure of our economic models to account for our happiness and welfare in the work place. I want to go into a little more detail about what an alternative view for our society might look like… Continue
I've written about the failure of our economic models to account for our happiness and welfare in the work place. I want to go into a little more detail about what an alternative view for our society might look like… Continue
Posted on April 29, 2011 at 8:00pm — 5 Comments
Rage in the Age of Mechanical Twinkies
Cross posted on the the Lobster Brain: Mixing Food and Ideas
Are you a Fried Twinkie?
Corporate America fills us with FDA approved créme filling, but Hunter Thompson explores the chemical meltdown aftermath in Hell's Angels
The fried Twinkie, is both authentic and in-authentic, a paradox of our post-industrial…
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 8:00am — 6 Comments
Rational Choice Theory at the Work Place
also posted on here meaning at work or why utility is a priori only to itself
When I was growing up, my parents presented me with a life path. It went something like this:
When I was growing up, my parents presented me with a life path. It went something like this:
- Go to public school
- Go to College
- Get a…
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 11:36pm — 16 Comments
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- At 12:06pm on January 17, 2011,
Keith Hart said…
- Welcome to the OAC, Alexander. Interesting blog. I hope you find a place here. Keith
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