>Doug Henwood wrote:
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>>The parent/child thing of yesterday was an allusion to the aborted
>>conversation about Judith Bulter's Psychic Life of Power that
>>almost began this list: if the human subject is founded in
>>subjection, that subject may come to fear the loss of authority as
>>threatening psychic cohesion. We are, of course, on alert not to
>>produce a little authoritarian, but some degree of coercion comes
>>with the territory. I think the idea that undergirds a lot of
>>anarchist thought - not just Bookchin but Chomsky, who's said as
>>much - that humans are hard-wired for freedom (or are born free but
>>are everywhere in chains, as some old Froggie put it) is wishful
>>thinking.
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>Yeah, but the urge to rebel against the parent-figure seems to be
>hardwired too.
It's just a temporary thing though - and a lot less prominent now than when I was a youth. And as the Frankfurt boys argue, rebellion isn't revolution; rebellion just flames out.
Doug