12-22-2007, 05:48 PM | #11 |
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Why is Marx not considered existentialistic at all?
It seems some of his stuff though not post-modernistic could be aligned with such.
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More than a few versions of post-modernism have been put forward by disenchanted Marxists. Typically (and I'm being way too fast and loose here), postmodernists of this sort have rejected all grand narratives, including Marx's grand narrative (historical materialism culminating in communism). One might argue that their grand narrative is that there are no grand narratives. They've forgone discussions of "dominant ideology" for "discourse" and "micropower." Enter the Focaultians (and others).
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It is quite schizophrenic but my Marxist sensitivities do not prohibit me from wanting to vote for Romney … maybe that’s just a condition of my up bringing? |
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I don't care who you are, now that's funny right there! lol
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Is not my middle class wealth remarkable relative to the middle class wealth of a South American citizen? Certainly I am worth more, own more, have access to more via my buying power; yet he/she relative to his/her ecomomy is worth as much, owns as much and has access to as much via his/her buying power ... in otherwords we both have access to what we need, yet one of us may be more easily convinced that more of our wants are in fact additional needs?
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I always thought that Marx's "opiate of the people" remark was a positive thing. Wasn't he referring to religion as a good way for people to be able to deal with life, rather than as a pejorative "religion is for stupid sheep" type of thing? I could be totally wrong on that.
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It is beyond absurd that the subjective judgement of purchasers values a machine reproduction of a (paint by numbers) painting by one man over the original art of many artists. Such gross ignorance is infuriating and incredibly depressing. And who or what is responsible for this ruse ... and is it relative? Last edited by tooblue; 12-23-2007 at 03:53 AM. |
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