On the one hand, agreed. On the other hand, lots in academia also just kinda strikes me as a repetition of Adorno’s critique of the Jargon of Authenticity. Is anything new under the sun? But fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
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Archilochus was the first Romantic. His motto: “Normalize Cowardice.”
The problems with romanticism:
1. Delusions of grandeur, egomania.
2. Fake solidarity with the common man, pseudo-populism.
3. Celebration of anything opaque.
4. Aestheticization of politics.
1. Delusions of grandeur, egomania.
2. Fake solidarity with the common man, pseudo-populism.
3. Celebration of anything opaque.
4. Aestheticization of politics.
The positives:
1. An appreciation of subjectivity as constitutive of “world.”
2. A love of both high and low culture.
3. Mysticism.
4. Aestheticization of politics.
1. An appreciation of subjectivity as constitutive of “world.”
2. A love of both high and low culture.
3. Mysticism.
4. Aestheticization of politics.
Venture model: 9/10 romantics are full of it, but 1/10 will bring global emancipation.
Private Equity model: Why bank on people of dubious politics when you could just get 20 percent annualized return on utilitarianism?
Private Equity model: Why bank on people of dubious politics when you could just get 20 percent annualized return on utilitarianism?
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