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December 21, 2007
The empire of the self
K-punk considers paternalism without the father. Following Slavoj Zizek's Tarrying with the negative, he thinks through Spinoza, health and some policy implications for the metapsychology of late capitalism (and vice versa).
Much to think about particularly on the subject of administration. That said, he is quite mistaken in his later argument regarding Solaris: A sequel yet more horrendous than the original does not render the original any better. Nor does it render the original anything more than a Soviet attempt to reproduce 2001; that was an original.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at December 21, 2007 06:37 AM
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The PoMo Tranzi's view of "health" has always been interesting to me. As it must be predicated on the notion that there is no God and there is no afterlife, then it must attempt to prolong this life as much as possible.
Thus, we get physical health programs solely for life extenstion... so long as you toe the Party line, of course. Otherwise, you get those 100MM dead mentioned in the Black Book of Socialism.
Me, I'm dying when I die, with whisky in my glass, a pipe in my hand, and red meat in my bowels.
Posted by: Clayton Barnett at December 21, 2007 10:02 AM
I have the same plan, though I shall be drinking whiskey.