File spoon-archives/avant-garde.archive/avant-garde_1996/96-12-23.023, message 7


From: Klefkal-AT-aol.com
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 1996 02:04:32 -0500
Subject: Re: artists and revolution


Sterling writes

>In religion; theologians (at least those with their eyes open) are starting
>to realize that the "simple" model of religion is a good way to teach mores
>to those who need it, but, aside from that, even at its most
>intellectualized, that institution whose sole purpose is TO OFFER PURPOSE
>falls short; it is not enough, in and of itself, for the "TRUE" (wank, I
>know) seeker...

The Young Hegelians (not those ones David Bowie sang about . . . though it's
infectious, "The Young Hegelians, oo oo oo") already had this perception,
philosophers all, enrolled in faculties of religion, trying to figure out
what to do next, so Marx happened. Let's just hope they get it right this
time -- no more damn teleologies, thank you! (that is, neither evolution nor
revolution, but pragmatism with my grandma's face. She looked like a mud
fence but most people came to adore her. No glamor, just results.)

Klefstad

Klefstad


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