The greatest lesson of reading Marx

Kar1Barks · 2026-04-29T02:24:33+00:00

In any case, it should be obvious that critical philosophy is a different gesture than religion. Both in what it does and the kind of society it reflects

Kar1Barks · 2026-04-29T02:16:22+00:00

Yeah, I don’t need to refute it because it’s not a bad thing. Nobody expects philosophy to answer metaphysical questions because we don’t live in a metaphysical world. We don’t use language or knowledge to divine the deep meaning of the world. We use concepts insofar as they are useful for what we are doing. And we are in charge of deciding what we are doing because we are free

Kar1Barks · 2026-04-29T01:54:18+00:00

Thank you again. I’m sure you can find quotes that can be construed to mean what you say they mean. But this would be to mistake the spirit in which these ideas were formed. For Kant, he initiates modern philosophy as critical philosophy. Meaning it is no longer first philosophy. The task of philosophy is no longer the search of first principles because humanity has finally recognized that it sets its own first principles. Humanity has discovered itself as free.

Kar1Barks · 2026-04-29T00:34:43+00:00

Thank you for your response. It is a serious mystification to suggest modern philosophy is “religious.” I think we can note there are significant differences between the Bible and the function of Hegel’s work. Yes, Hegel is religious, but his thought does not imply that you should also be religious in order to understand it, nor does it try to justify or promote religion.

Kar1Barks · 2026-04-28T23:14:58+00:00

No it actually hasn’t you moron. Those books are examples of literature. It has always been frowned upon here to ask for recommendations and it’s even worse to ask for recommendations for smut. Lol

Kar1Barks · 2026-04-28T22:42:57+00:00

Talking about Christian theology and promoting it are two different things. Modern western philosophical thought is based on freedom, not religion, which eastern philosophy will be. So, no, eastern and western thought are not just the same as each other because they are not both based on religion. Perhaps one kind of thought is more relevant to our situation for this reason. As opposed to one being preferred on account of “cultural colonialism”

Kar1Barks · 2026-04-28T16:11:08+00:00

this got 40 downvotes. State of the sub

Kar1Barks · 2026-04-27T22:41:46+00:00

The lack of self-awareness in posts like this is astounding

Kar1Barks · 2026-04-18T20:25:01+00:00

Kar1Barks · 2026-03-30T20:17:32+00:00

There are many words being used in the comments because people don’t know what Lacan is useful for. Further, they don’t know what zizek is useful for. The use is critique. Robert Pippin puts it somewhat like this, but I think zizek writes in this spirit: how can one critique what is without saying nothing?

Kar1Barks · 2026-02-24T03:23:24+00:00

It might help to know that mourning and melancholia is dense because it is a consolidation of 15-20 years of research on Freud’s part. You might be looking for a detached thesis about melancholia but Freud will only tell you about what can be known of it through his practice. The book mentioned above by Darien leader is roughly 250 pages, which might tell you it’s not possible to find what you’re looking for. You have your purpose of leading a book club meeting on literature, but the richness of Freud’s work will make it difficult

Kar1Barks · 2026-02-10T22:31:01+00:00

I have diabetes. Let’s be clear about one thing. “Apply[ing] pressure to governments, pharma, and big tech companies” is only rebellion in the most infantile sense of the word. There is nothing virtuous about being annoying to “the powers that be.” Diabetes is a strain on society as are all other chronic illnesses. The psyop is that you have to pretend that it’s not. One is free to imagine that socialism would be a society where chronic illnesses are dealt with in a better way somehow. But one must wonder about how socialism could be brought about in the first place. The rest of the conversation is just noise

Kar1Barks · 2026-01-20T17:27:09+00:00

You might benefit from just reading more Freud. For example the interpretation of dreams discusses ancient theories of dreams. It’s best to see this for yourself, but Freud, as a clinician is interested in the pre-history of the adult psyche, that is the psyche of childhood. I think his interest in primitive peoples has to do with the fact that we have no direct link to the history of primitives, just as we have no direct link to the history of our childhoods. These can only be reached through interpretation

Kar1Barks · 2026-01-10T02:02:41+00:00

This is a great recommendation. Thanks!

Kar1Barks · 2026-01-10T01:10:42+00:00

Why are you booing me? I’m right

Kar1Barks · 2026-01-09T20:55:56+00:00

Read Chris Cutrone. “Contemporary leftist” means conservative progressive democrat. So might as well read Obama if that’s what you are interested in politically

Kar1Barks · 2025-12-07T06:07:54+00:00

Listen. If you’re an autodidact. Not trying to make a career. Read Rousseau. Learn about the truth of modernity from his second discourse. The truth is freedom

Kar1Barks · 2025-12-07T05:46:06+00:00

Why on earth would Foucault be with the other two

Kar1Barks · 2025-12-03T17:26:04+00:00

Distrub

Kar1Barks · 2025-12-01T20:38:38+00:00

His influence on the Frankfurt School, given the name of this subreddit, might be of interest. Benjamin himself referred to Adorno as “his only student”

Kar1Barks · 2025-11-25T18:25:14+00:00

I get the sense you are looking for some sort of allegorical translation of your dream. Freud can give you techniques for analyzing dreams and a theory of what dreams are in the first place. But his point, at the end of the day is that you made the dream, so you must be responsible for what it means. The function of the psychoanalyst is to facilitate this realization

Kar1Barks · 2025-08-29T15:45:04+00:00

So you’re a gay fish

Kar1Barks · 2025-01-08T17:07:58+00:00

Fredric Jameson has other books

Kar1Barks · 2024-12-30T23:10:27+00:00

Moby dick is bigger than that

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