Again, I say thay because our inclination to have sex develops after much of our understanding of society is formed we may not immediately see ourselves as instinctively sexual, but we really don't have to look very hard to see the sexual instinct which underlays social interaction, just as thirst, hunger and the need for protection from the elements do.
boddi
On 11/19/05, Michael Perelman <michael at ecst.csuchico.edu> wrote:
> Grundrisse
>
> Hunger is hunger, but the hunger gratified by cooked meat eaten with a knife and fork
> is a different hunger from that which bolts down raw meat with the aid of hand, nail
> and tooth. Production thus produces not only the object but also the manner of
> consumption, not only objectively but also subjectively. Production thus creates the
> consumer.
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 01:05:35PM -0600, Carrol Cox wrote:
> >
> >
> > Miles Jackson wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > "Underneath" all that culture that Butler and others discuss, do any
> > > significant number of humans have instinctive attraction to the
> > > opposite sex or is all sexual attraction socially
> > > constructed/cultural/symbolic ?
> > >
> > > Yes, definitely!
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > I can't remember what chapter the passage is in, but this point is made
> > clearly by Marx when he contrasts "eating" under hunter/gatherer
> > conditions and "eating" with a knive and fork in the 19th c.
> >
> > Carrol
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