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Which society, Thrasher?
I do cultural theory at a little university here on Gauda Prime, and I'm working at the moment on "primary divisions" and roots - eg the idea that the origin of human society and language is the division of territory into fields (necessary for agriculture). Derrida wrote 'Of Grammatology' on this sort of thing, suggesting that this primary division was a sort of primary writing (arche-writing) and hence throwing the idea of the "root" or origin of society (or anything else) into confusion, since writing is usually thought of as secondary to the "root" of speech...
I worry about saying that all problems stem from a single "root" - takes me back to 70's discussions over whether sexism or classism was the prior/primary evil from which everything else stemmed... But I think I secretly agree with you, Thrasher, though I'd say that 'the root of the problem' is heterocentrism (heterosexuality - the division of the race into 2 sexes and the division of the human psyche so that you identify as one sex and desire the other, is also almost always seen as the origin of society/culture, eg by Levi-Strauss & Freud & possibly Engels though I haven't read his book yet). I'd hesitate to defend that too strongly though. |
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