I just read some heart-poundingly beautiful stuff, and had to share it: I regard the bad conscience as the serious illness which man was bound to contract under the stress of the most radical change which he has ever experienced–that change, when he found himself finally imprisoned within the pale of society and of peace. …
Monthly Archives: February 2008
Power. Thirty minutes of absolute power…
Then the pointer hits Sandy and he picks up a task, a slip of paper. It is in Gretch’s handwriting, and it says: “Go out and build a fire.” He reads it out loud and just keeps staring at it. Then they all stare at him, waiting for him to get up and go out …
Self (translation)
Identity (who you are) is fragmentary (divisible) and always in flux (constantly changing). It is permeable (I can touch you) and vulnerable (I can hurt you), and the forms that it takes cannot be predicted (you never know who you’ll be tomorrow). Identity emerges out of social relationships. It emerges out of the division of …
