"post-leftism"

[Bradford DeLong]

>JCWisc at aol.com wrote:
>
>>Does hierarchy rest simply and solely on coercion?
>
>Given the apparent human propensity - even longing - to submit to 
>authority, I'd say not. Which takes me back to Judith Butler's 
>argument in the Psychic Life of Power - that the human subject is 
>formed in subjection (e.g. to adult power and the laws of language).
>
>Doug

I don't know about *you*, but I definitely feel that I am the master 
of language, not its servant--that it is a force multiplier for my 
brain.

And whatever criticisms Amity Shlaes may have of my father's 
parenting skills, they did raise me convinced that I had choices and 
could do things. I always thought of my parents as people who opened 
doors and created opportunities, not as people who closed them and 
imposed discipline.

So I find myself having little desire to submit to authority 
(although I do have a great desire to delegate planning paperwork and 
phone calls to others)...

Brad "Overly Strong Superego" DeLong