Political theology as a concept is far more interesting and relevant for our culture than deconstruction. Schmitt may have been evil, but the argument he makes re: power and sovereignty is one we should grapple with, especially as materialists.
I think Derrida has a few great ideas, phallogocentrism probs the most compelling but it's been taken up and done better by other philosophers since so :edgeworth-shrug:
Yeh it's true I should have given more of a shout-out to both those ideas.
Political theology is definitely really interesting.
Honestly when I read Schmitt I find it really disturbing and disconcerting because there are several moments where I get the insight he's getting at.
As fascism is the radical response of capitalism to Leninism which has been the only real challenge to capitalism in revolutionary situations it's not surprising to me that fascists philosophers sometimes say shit more out-loud than other conservatives or liberals. As Trotsky said: revolution tears the veil of mystery from the true face of the social structure, just because it brings the classes into conflict in the broad political arena .
The closest experience I got to that was when I watched Coup d'état by Yoshihige Yoshida (far left dude, some kind of anacho-communist), which is an art film about the Japanese fascist philosopher, Ikki Kita. Yoshida has him philosophize at several points at length in the movie and there's the same chilling feeling of seeing a flash of philosophical insight from a fascist mind, which I don't think you really get with the more liberal thinkers anymore.
Political theology as a concept is far more interesting and relevant for our culture than deconstruction. Schmitt may have been evil, but the argument he makes re: power and sovereignty is one we should grapple with, especially as materialists.
I think Derrida has a few great ideas, phallogocentrism probs the most compelling but it's been taken up and done better by other philosophers since so :edgeworth-shrug:
Yeh it's true I should have given more of a shout-out to both those ideas. Political theology is definitely really interesting.
Honestly when I read Schmitt I find it really disturbing and disconcerting because there are several moments where I get the insight he's getting at.
As fascism is the radical response of capitalism to Leninism which has been the only real challenge to capitalism in revolutionary situations it's not surprising to me that fascists philosophers sometimes say shit more out-loud than other conservatives or liberals. As Trotsky said: revolution tears the veil of mystery from the true face of the social structure, just because it brings the classes into conflict in the broad political arena .
The closest experience I got to that was when I watched Coup d'état by Yoshihige Yoshida (far left dude, some kind of anacho-communist), which is an art film about the Japanese fascist philosopher, Ikki Kita. Yoshida has him philosophize at several points at length in the movie and there's the same chilling feeling of seeing a flash of philosophical insight from a fascist mind, which I don't think you really get with the more liberal thinkers anymore.