File spoon-archives/avant-garde.archive/avant-garde_1995/avant-garde_Jun.95, message 26


Date:         Wed, 07 Jun 95 03:37:07 MEZ
From: heiko recktenwald <UZS106-AT-IBM.rhrz.uni-bonn.de>
Subject:      tribal societies


I'd liked to know more of reagan. Transfer of money etc.

On Tue, 6 Jun 1995 11:10:50 -0400 Whit Blauvelt said:
>
>Fascism is the result of the _combination_ of the shamanic (proto
>religious/artistic) role with that of the tribal leader _in the same
>person_. This is a combination which was quite rare in tribal societies.

Maybe this fits better in tribal societies.
>
>Facism, like much else about us, partakes of ancient elements of psyche -
>but it is precisely its admixture of elements that should be kept separate
>that creates its explosive danger. The elements themselves are, in their
>proper place, our essential heritage and strength.
>
Art and politics, isn't this something like body and soul ? Isn't Rome also
a political entity ? What does Whits concept say of the artist as citisen ?
Are artist so different, that they shouldn't do politics ? Heiko


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