The sole feature of fascism which is not counterfeit is its will to power, subjugation, and plunder. Fascism is a chemically pure distillation of the culture of imperialism.
Just to let you know, a new novel is being serialised at drift-the-novel.blogspot.com. I have been serialising it for the past month or so, but it’s not too late to join the fray – we are only up to Chapter VI, so it won’t take you long to catch up.
Loosely speaking, this was my attempt at a Marxist novel, though it ended up as something quite different. But anyway: the right place for a novel is not in the offices of a major publishing company. It should be freely available for people to read as nature intended. I would be very pleased to hear any comments, positive or otherwise, and would appreciate you spreading the word to friends, colleagues and other interested parties if you like what you read.
hi -- this comment is not in reference to this post but a much earlier one I just found. (I am semi-computer-literate if that.) It was about Iago's line "I am not what I am." I'm writing a phd on Shakespeare at Oxford which takes that line as its title (hence my belatedly looking it up on google). I thought your comment was brilliant and - particularly in your acknowledgement that for the Elizabethans the individual self, conceived of atheistically, is actually daemonic - very close to what I'm saying. The Hegel stuff works well too.
Anyway, thanks. It was a very stimulating treatment of the line. If you want to talk about it any more, try me at bjpmorgan@hotmail.com. best Ben
I'd be interested to hear more about your thesis. This was a theme that always fascinated me about Elizabethan drama. Hamlet and Edmund, to name just two, would be relevant. My mail is mark_b_kaplan@hotmail.com
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Dear fellow bloggers and blog-readers
Just to let you know, a new novel is being serialised at drift-the-novel.blogspot.com. I have been serialising it for the past month or so, but it’s not too late to join the fray – we are only up to Chapter VI, so it won’t take you long to catch up.
Loosely speaking, this was my attempt at a Marxist novel, though it ended up as something quite different. But anyway: the right place for a novel is not in the offices of a major publishing company. It should be freely available for people to read as nature intended. I would be very pleased to hear any comments, positive or otherwise, and would appreciate you spreading the word to friends, colleagues and other interested parties if you like what you read.
Thanks, and keep up the good work.
hi -- this comment is not in reference to this post but a much earlier one I just found. (I am semi-computer-literate if that.) It was about Iago's line "I am not what I am." I'm writing a phd on Shakespeare at Oxford which takes that line as its title (hence my belatedly looking it up on google). I thought your comment was brilliant and - particularly in your acknowledgement that for the Elizabethans the individual self, conceived of atheistically, is actually daemonic - very close to what I'm saying. The Hegel stuff works well too.
Anyway, thanks. It was a very stimulating treatment of the line. If you want to talk about it any more, try me at bjpmorgan@hotmail.com. best Ben
Thanks Ben,
I'd be interested to hear more about your thesis. This was a theme that always fascinated me about Elizabethan drama. Hamlet and Edmund, to name just two, would be relevant. My mail is mark_b_kaplan@hotmail.com
Mark, where did you find this quote? I'd like to use it...
Never mind - found it here:
http://www.marxists.org/history/etol/document/fi/1938-1949/emergconf/fi-emerg02.htm
That is indeed where I got it.
one can substitute the word "fascism" with the word "civilization" in this statement and it would still ring true.
language = power
hierarchy = subjugation
division of labor = slavery
private property = ...
sorry I'm a bit drunk. time for bed.
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