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Foreword
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[...] although Marx comes after Spinoza, it is Spinoza who can now help us fill the gaps in Marx. For identifying the structures of the capitalist mobilisation of employees does not tell us what these structures ‘run on’; that is to say, it does not tell us what, concretely, makes them effective – not the ghost but the engine in the machine. The Spinozist answer is affects.
[...] although Marx comes after Spinoza, it is Spinoza who can now help us fill the gaps in Marx. For identifying the structures of the capitalist mobilisation of employees does not tell us what these structures ‘run on’; that is to say, it does not tell us what, concretely, makes them effective – not the ghost but the engine in the machine. The Spinozist answer is affects.
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[...] making the dominated happy so that they forget their domination is one of the oldest and most effective ruses of the art of ruling. [...]
[...] making the dominated happy so that they forget their domination is one of the oldest and most effective ruses of the art of ruling. [...]
dialectic
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a discourse between two or more people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to establish the truth through reasoned arguments
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in a dialectical reversal peculiar to major advances in social control, the idea that some are free to use others as means to an end, while others are free to allow themselves to be used in that manner, has been proclaimed the very essence of freedom
notable
7 years, 4 months ago
in a dialectical reversal peculiar to major advances in social control, the idea that some are free to use others as means to an end, while others are free to allow themselves to be used in that manner, has been proclaimed the very essence of freedom
notable
7 years, 4 months ago