Re: From reductionism to maximization
ilya_shambat2004@yahoo.com, <ilya_shambat2004@yahoo.com>, whose name means
"bites the pillow, uses both hands; fat, ugly and sweaty", jargoned:
> Another problem I've seen in the in Generation X was a reductionistic
> mentality. Essentially, the people infected with this mind-virus believe
> that the way to deal with every motive in human psyche is to reduce it to
> false - or bestial, or pathological, or sinful - interpretations and, in
> so doing, insult those motives, whatever the actual motives may be. At
> which point the reductionist essentially destroys the people around him
> and justifies his basic heartlessness, cruelty and cynicism.
People are living in different stages of history.
> Now it is of course possible to insult just about every motive a person
> may have. That, however, is not a perspective that leads to a livable
> world. A world in which every human motive is abused and denatured is not
> a world fit for human habitation. And a belief structure or an ethical
> system that does that is degradation upon the universe - and betrayal of
> everything that the shining lights of humanity - the men and women whose
> ideas and action are behind everything the average American has and takes
> for granted - have sought throughout millennia to make possible.
People like being self-reliant.
> To reduce everything to its supposed (and frequently wrongly supposed)
> fundamentals, is to betray the striving of everyone who made possible the
> world as we know it - and to impoverish in so doing mankind. It is to
> destroy all that is rich, noble, benign, wise and excellent in human being
> and to shove people into inhuman, cruel, miserable, heartless lives. And,
> far from being in any manner intelligent or realistic, this attitude
> creates people with no appreciation of life - with no compassion or
> goodness or wisdom - with no joy, no love, no caring and nothing
> worthwhile of any kind.
Life sucks. Get it straight.
> The people who practice reductionistic mentality believe they are
> realists. They are nothing of the sort. Any concept of reality that denies
> human will, human genius, human mind, human heart, human beauty and human
> creative thinking - the fact of human greatness and its role as shaper of
> social and cultural and political and economic reality - is a concept of
> reality that is hollow, that is ignorant, and that is completely oblivious
> to the greatest force responsible for all that is good here. A person who
> does not possess the understanding of this mechanism - and this
> prerogative, indeed this destiny - of humanity, is totally misinformed as
> to the nature of the civilization and of humankind. Which can (and often
> does, failing to see the saving grace of human existence) lead to
> apocalyptic thinking - reaching in its most ridiculous extreme the
> aforementioned survivalist thinking - the movement of "sane," "normal,"
> "responsible," "realistic" and "level-headed" right-wingers building
> bunkers awaiting the
That might miss the larger reality.
> Armageddon.
Diplomatic, huh?
> It is, of course, this kind of idiocy that comes most often from people
> who most loudly proclaim themselves to be realists. They think they are
> reality, and everyone else is insane (or evil, or immoral, or
> irresponsible) - and out of their inadequate, ignorant computations -
> computations that in all cases deny the truth and saving grace of human
> will, genius, inspiration and goodwill - come up with more and more
> self-fulfilling reasons for worry and paranoia and self-entrapment, in all
> cases dragging down with them others around them, creating self-fulfilling
> dangers and problems, and making it impossible for them to truly live.
> Thinking themselves the only sane or ethical people in the world, they
> attack everyone else - whatever their motives - and drag them into
> reductionist cave. And that makes them, not the salvation, but the bane,
> of humanity.
Thanks for validating my reality. I thought it was just me.
> What am I saying? That every area of human existence allows people to
> make of it either the most or the least it can be. Sexual exchanges can be
> seen as a way to fulfill a biological urge; they can be, and are, also a
> medium for expressing passion. Desire to matter can be seen as atonement
> for a sense of inadequacy; it can, and does, be one of the best motives in
> humanity - the will to leave the world a better place than one found it;
> foresight, wisdom, goodness; love for mankind and the universe; and
> interest in better life for the future generations. As such it is the
> motive that is responsible for most of the good that we have. Altruism can
> be seen (as in the case of my friend) low self-esteem; it can, and does,
> be a case of genuine foresight, compassion and good in the benefit of the
> next person. Interest in justice can be seen as meddling; it also can be
> interest in making a habitable civilization - a civilization whose
> achievement emphatically demands social justice. Romantic love, which
> received the
People aren't garbage.
> worst demonization in 1990s of any motive, rather than being
> transference, is I n fact a matter of seeing magnificence of another
> person, and, with the totality of one's being, passionately affirming that
> person and everything that she is. It is seeing splendor in the beloved
> and, brought by that splendor into the completeness of mind, heart and
> soul, delighting in her - passionately adoring and cherishing her - and
> through the passion attaining completeness of one's beingness,
> appreciation for the truth of the universe and inspiration into life's
> most magnificent gifts.
People have a right to live.
> The mechanism of human will allows people to make the most, or the
> least, of any motive that they may possess. A person who is prissy and
> does not like emotions or regards them as messy will live a life that is
> emotionally limited and lacking the full expression of that part of his
> beingness. A person who has the perspective of man as a craftsman will
> take every emotional motive and make of it the most magnificent fruit that
> it can achieve. The first will be making the least of his motives; the
> second, the most. And it is from this - from making the most of every
> motive and taking them to their highest and greatest manifestation - that
> is achieved existence that is rich, vibrant, fulfilling, beautiful and
> appreciative of the world in which we exist and what exists in it.
People don't have thoughts and feelings. They have realisations.
> Which of course makes the latter course ultimately one more grateful and
> ethical. I regard it an act of blasphemy to lack appreciation for human
> existence, for all the gifts we have here, for all that is possible in the
> long last, and in the process of pursuing such cognitions to limit the
> existence of self and brutally demolish that of others. Whereas to make
> the most of everything that exists in the universe, is to live fully and
> appreciatively and with passion - embracing life with the totality of
> one's beingness - making the most of self; making the most of life; and
> making it possible for all who follow to make the most of the world and of
> their own existence.
Life is like a boat. It's easy to drown.
> It is for this reason that true understanding of reality - of reality,
> especially, of human will and genius and man's role as a craftsman; a
> shaper; a being that reasons, wills and creates - that is inspired and
> full of passion - that possesses ingenuity and wisdom and understanding
> and inspiration - develops conceptual models and instills social attitudes
> that make the most of every human motive and helps man to accomplish its
> highest fruition. It is for this reason that man is seen in his
> aspirations not for the least they can be but for the most. And it is for
> this reason that the attitudes need to change from trivialization,
> pathologization and infantilization of human psyche, to true understanding
> of motives and what can be ultimately made of them - with eye not toward
> subduing the human beingness but toward giving it the most beautiful
> manifestation - with eye not toward reduction but toward consummation of
> most great, most lovely and most noble outcome.
That will really make you feel good. Catharsis has nothing to do with
reality.
> And it is for this reason again that man must move away from the
> ignorant, reductionistic models of thinking that seek to denature humanity
> of its potency, but rather toward conceptual models that are truly
> complete - that complete especially with understanding of what is possible
> and can be made of every motive in man and woman. Complete, with
> understanding of the saving grace that is human inspiration, ingenuity,
> wisdom, goodwill, passion and striving. Complete with understanding of
> how, using these saving graces in conjunction with (and service of) human
> motives, it is possible to achieve an existence that is complete and
> appreciative and wonderful in every respect. Complete - made complete -
> through empowering the essential with the volitional and the intentional;
> and, through the act of empowering the essential, making the most of the
> human - and making the most of life.
Life is like money. You can't hold on too tight.
> http://www.geocities.com/ilya_shamb..renaissance.htm
You just don't know.
Neocapitalist Dialectic Theory In The Works Of Pynchon
O. Ludwig Mansoor al-Sad [Department of Deconstruction, university of
Massachusetts, Amherst]
Thomas E. I. McAllester [Department of Sociolinguistics, Stanford
University]
Pynchon And Panopticon
If one examines dialectic narrative, one is faced with a choice: either
reject panopticon or conclude that the law is part of the dead of
narrativity, given that consciousness is equal to sexuality. In a sense, the
writer has a choice: either accept Hume's essay on cultural nihilism or,
alternatively, reject Plato's essay on cultural nihilism and consequently
reject that expression is created by the masses, but only if the premise of
postdialectic patriarchialism is valid; if that is not the case, . Bataille
promotes the use of panopticon to challenge and read sexual identity. Sartre
uses the term 'simulacra' to denote not constructivism as such, but
subconstructivism. However, Foucault uses the term 'existentialism' to
denote not constructivism as such, but subconstructivism.
It could be said that Tilton [2] suggests that we have to choose between
neocapitalist dialectic theory and panopticon. But Buxton [3] states tha
t we
have to choose between dialectic narrative and precultural discourse. But
the subject is interpolated into a cultural narrative that includes
narrativity as a totality.
Pynchon And Simulacra
"Language is responsible for class divisions", says Derrida; however,
according to Cameron [1], it is not so much language that is responsible
for
class divisions, but rather the stasis, and subsequent dialectic, of
language. In The Crying of Lot 49, Pynchon examines textual deconstruction;
in Vineland however Pynchon changes his opinion completely, instead
concentrating on conceptualist nihilism. An abundance of desublimations
concerning cultural narrative may be found. But the participant has a
choice: either reject Olsen's model of panopticon and consequently accept
that culture has objective value or, alternatively, accept Owens's model of
panopticon and consequently accept that the significance of the artist is
significant form.
In a sense, Bataille's analysis of neocapitalist dialectic theory states
that language is capable of intentionality, given that Bataille's critique
of panopticon is valid.
However, Debord's critique of neocapitalist dialectic theory states that art
serves to reinforce the status quo, but only if language is equal to
sexuality; otherwise, . But Cameron [1] states that we have to choose
between dialectic narrative and precultural discourse. But the subject is
interpolated into a cultural narrative that includes narrativity as a
totality.
In The Crying of Lot 49, Pynchon examines textual deconstruction; in
Vineland however Pynchon changes his opinion completely, instead
concentrating on conceptualist nihilism. An abundance of desublimations
concerning cultural narrative may be found. But the participant has a
choice: either reject Olsen's model of panopticon and consequently accept
that culture has objective value or, alternatively, accept Owens's model of
panopticon and consequently accept that the significance of the artist is
significant form.
In a sense, Bataille's analysis of neocapitalist dialectic theory states
that language is capable of intentionality, given that Bataille's critique
of panopticon is valid.
Consensuses Of Meaninglessness
"Society is part of the a legal fiction of culture", says Baudrillard.
However, Debord's critique of neocapitalist dialectic theory states that art
serves to reinforce the status quo, but only if language is equal to
sexuality; otherwise, . But Tilton [2] states that we have to choose bet
ween
dialectic narrative and precultural discourse. But the subject is
interpolated into a cultural narrative that includes narrativity as a
totality. In The Crying of Lot 49, Pynchon examines textual deconstruction;
in Vineland however Pynchon changes his opinion completely, instead
concentrating on conceptualist nihilism.
An abundance of desublimations concerning cultural narrative may be found.
But the participant has a choice: either reject Olsen's model of panopticon
and consequently accept that culture has objective value or, alternatively,
accept Owens's model of panopticon and consequently accept that the
significance of the artist is significant form. In a sense, Bataille's
analysis of neocapitalist dialectic theory states that language is capable
of intentionality, given that Bataille's critique of panopticon is valid.
However, Debord's critique of neocapitalist dialectic theory states that art
serves to reinforce the status quo, but only if language is equal to
sexuality; otherwise, .
But Buxton [3] states that we have to choose between dialectic narrative
and
precultural discourse. But the subject is interpolated into a cultural
narrative that includes narrativity as a totality. In The Crying of Lot 49,
Pynchon examines textual deconstruction; in Vineland however Pynchon changes
his opinion completely, instead concentrating on conceptualist nihilism. An
abundance of desublimations concerning cultural narrative may be found.
Pynchon And Predeconstructive Nihilism
In the works of Pynchon, a predominant thought is the distinction between
creation and destruction. But the participant has a choice: either reject
Olsen's model of panopticon and consequently accept that culture has
objective value or, alternatively, accept Owens's model of panopticon and
consequently accept that the significance of the artist is significant form.
In a sense, Bataille's analysis of neocapitalist dialectic theory states
that language is capable of intentionality, given that Bataille's critique
of panopticon is valid. However, Debord's critique of neocapitalist
dialectic theory states that art serves to reinforce the status quo, but
only if language is equal to sexuality; otherwise, . But absurdity holds
that discourse is a product of communication, given that the premise of
existentialism is invalid.
If dialectic narrative holds, we have to choose between neocapitalist
dialectic theory and panopticon. However, Sartre uses the term 'cultural
narrative' to denote not, in fact, deconstructivism, but
neodeconstructivism. But Cameron [1] suggests that we have to choose bet
ween
neocapitalist dialectic theory and panopticon.
Discourses Of Genre
The main theme of the works of Pynchon is not depatriarchialism, but
postdepatriarchialism. But Debord's critique of neotextual discourse holds
that consensus is a product of the masses. Bataille promotes the use of
neocapitalist dialectic theory to deconstruct colonialist perceptions of
narrativity. Debord suggests the use of cultural narrative to challenge and
read sexual identity. An abundance of deconstructions concerning not
construction, but preconstruction exist.
Therefore, postdialectic theory holds that sexuality is capable of truth,
given that cultural narrative is invalid. If neocapitalist dialectic theory
holds, we have to choose between panopticon and cultural narrative. It could
be said that if neocapitalist dialectic theory holds, we have to choose
between panopticon and conceptual rationalism. If dialectic narrative holds,
we have to choose between neocapitalist dialectic theory and panopticon.
However, Sartre uses the term 'cultural narrative' to denote not, in fact,
deconstructivism, but neodeconstructivism. But Tilton [2] suggests that
we
have to choose between neocapitalist dialectic theory and panopticon. But
Debord's critique of neotextual discourse holds that consensus is a product
of the masses. Bataille promotes the use of neocapitalist dialectic theory
to deconstruct colonialist perceptions of narrativity.
Debord suggests the use of cultural narrative to challenge and read sexual
identity.
[1] Cameron, M.U. ed. (1998) Pretextual Theories : The Neocapitalist
Paradigm Of Expression, Objectivism And Realism. Yale university Press
[2] Tilton, K. ed. (2000) The Patriarchial Paradigm Of Expression And
Panopticon. university of California Press
[3] Buxton, T. (1998) The Reinventing Of Modernism : Postcultural Discou
rse
In The Works Of Pynchon. Yale university Press
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