Socialism and Feminism in History
I have not been posting much these days. I have been severely zonked, drained, void of motivation, and occupied with other things -- far more than is normal for me. And I am not amused. I do not find this charming. It is not because I have nothing to write about. No, it is because I have TOO MUCH to write about, and this generates a log-jam, a mental bottleneck crisis. I cannot focus on one thing long enough to build up a head of steam on that topic, before something else shoves it out of the way, only to be bumped away in its turn by the next thing, and the next and the next. And so none of it gets out of my brain. Yes, a bottleneck.
All right then. I will do the usual, namely, give you something to read which I did not write:
http://tinyurl.com/36hh7gs
This, unfortunately, is a graphic scan PDF, rather than a text version, so it is a heavy 9 megabytes! (I hate it when they do that!) But, I think it shall be worth your while.
As you will see, "history repeats itself", or " the more things change, the more they stay the same." This book chapter is titled "Marx, Engels and the Abolition of the Family", and it talks much about feminism, socialism, "free love" (can you say bonobos?), and. . well. . the abolition of the family.
That is to say, this material strikes a lot of chords which are as familiar nowadays as they were in the heyday of 19th century socialism. Not to say that those ideas originated in the 19th century, but that they first took on, at that time, a form we moderns and post-moderns can immediately recognize.
All in all, this material ties together a lot of things and throws a useful backlight upon our present historical foreground.
Incidentally, the material makes reference to Charles Fourier (1772-1837), the French utopian socialist. Fourier is without doubt a spiritual progenitor of today's "loony left". He had a motley array of tutti-frutti ideas about the ideal future world he hoped to create: for example, did you know that Charles Fourier wanted to perfume the Arctic Ocean?
Yup!
All right then. I will do the usual, namely, give you something to read which I did not write:
http://tinyurl.com/36hh7gs
This, unfortunately, is a graphic scan PDF, rather than a text version, so it is a heavy 9 megabytes! (I hate it when they do that!) But, I think it shall be worth your while.
As you will see, "history repeats itself", or " the more things change, the more they stay the same." This book chapter is titled "Marx, Engels and the Abolition of the Family", and it talks much about feminism, socialism, "free love" (can you say bonobos?), and. . well. . the abolition of the family.
That is to say, this material strikes a lot of chords which are as familiar nowadays as they were in the heyday of 19th century socialism. Not to say that those ideas originated in the 19th century, but that they first took on, at that time, a form we moderns and post-moderns can immediately recognize.
All in all, this material ties together a lot of things and throws a useful backlight upon our present historical foreground.
Incidentally, the material makes reference to Charles Fourier (1772-1837), the French utopian socialist. Fourier is without doubt a spiritual progenitor of today's "loony left". He had a motley array of tutti-frutti ideas about the ideal future world he hoped to create: for example, did you know that Charles Fourier wanted to perfume the Arctic Ocean?
Yup!
posted by Fidelbogen at 8:58 PM
3 Comments:
Hey, if perfuming the Arctic Ocean would solve the world's problems and not damage the environment, then why not?
But seriously, I know the feeling of having a backlog of things to write about. I have at least a dozen articles in the cue that need to be finished. If I can't complete it in one sitting, it never seems to get done because I've moved onto something else.
TDOM
Yo Fidelbogen, take a gander at this:http://tinyurl.com/2fxhvdj
I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts and observations. Perhaps you can post a comment at this site.
Anon 10:45, I thank you for the link. I went there and read the article, and I am not feeling very kindly toward the author of it. Here is the comment I left (which may not survive moderation):
"I consider myself a member of that “men’s movement” which Thomas Fleming mentions in the present article.
For the record, I take serious offense at Fleming’s snide, dismissive, arrogance in speaking of said movement. He clearly knows almost nothing about it, and as befits the ignorant, should be instructed to shut up.
This reinforces the growing consensus among movement members, that social conservatives (such as Fleming) are as much the enemies of men as feminists are.
It also taints my personal enjoyment of the article, and makes it hard for me to appreciate the author’s points on their own merit.
Consider your knuckles smacked, Thomas! You are just plain MEAN, and you should behave yourself in the future!"
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