Well, in ancient literature at any rate, nature is viewed as dangerous, and beautiful precisely because of its being dangerous. Danger = ugly is a Christian trope.
--- On Fri, 10/17/08, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] It's Teh Bigneth, stoopit
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Friday, October 17, 2008, 8:52 PM
> On Oct 17, 2008, at 6:49 PM, wrobert at uci.edu wrote:
>
> > This comes up in Adorno's Aesthetic Theory.
> Adorno argues that the
> > aestheticization (probably spelled wrong, but so it
> goes) is linked
> > to its
> > domination. Before the domination of nature occurs,
> nature is
> > viewed as
> > ugly and dangerous. A cursory glance at U.S.
> literature tends to
> > confirm
> > this. I will expand at request or angry denunciatio
>
> Request.
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