Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1994 17:09:14 EST From: tgs-AT-cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu Subject: RE: Luxemburg, the Bolsheviks, Patriarchy Hi folks, just one more point (then you can hack away) (It's me, Tom, again) Why would I, a Marxist, believe that patriarchy would or could be reproduced by the Bolsheviks? Isn't patriarchy a mere reflection of class society? No it is not. I subscribe to the thesis of Reich and Fromm, that patriarchy creates DISjuncture (as Althusser might say) between economics and political consciousness. Reich saw this disjuncture, too, had a "material" base, so to speak--the effect that psychological trauma has upon the unconscious mind-body relation, which is in fact codified in the muscular structure--the manner in which the traumatized, repressed individual now defensively and unconsciously hold her or himself back from full breathing and thus feeling, by unconsciously contracting their muscles against full body breathing/pulsation. Thus codified, these traumas interfere with the rational perception of class interest/correct political strategy for realizing that interest. The idea that socialism can be attained through repression of dissent, for example--clearly irrational, yet it seems like common sense to the repressed individual, who is busy repressing his own awareness of the traumas s/he has forgotten. Ok,that's the theoretical basis for what I'm arguing with the Bolsheviks Tom ------------------
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